Melissa Ridley Elmes
@mridleyelmes.bsky.social
Pushcart, Elgin, Rhysling, and Dwarf Star-nominated writer of "charming insanity." Scholar of medieval violence, gender, women's literacies, Arthurian studies. Sporty geek, Mother of Corgis. "Irrepressible badass." Unrepentant nerd; chaotic good. She/her.
So happy to have my work published in Penumbric! <3
If you really wanted to, you’d know what it is;
You don’t want to know.
- from "What you hear in the shadows" by Melissa Ridley Elmes (@mridleyelmes.bsky.social), at www.penumbric.com/archives/Feb... and pdf www.penumbric.com/archives/Feb...
#poem #poetry #poet #horror
You don’t want to know.
- from "What you hear in the shadows" by Melissa Ridley Elmes (@mridleyelmes.bsky.social), at www.penumbric.com/archives/Feb... and pdf www.penumbric.com/archives/Feb...
#poem #poetry #poet #horror
May 29, 2025 at 2:34 AM
So happy to have my work published in Penumbric! <3
OK look no shade to England's defense, they were excellent. But Scotland definitely beat Scotland today. So unfortunate.
#SixNations #6nations #rugby #ENGvSCO
#SixNations #6nations #rugby #ENGvSCO
February 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
OK look no shade to England's defense, they were excellent. But Scotland definitely beat Scotland today. So unfortunate.
#SixNations #6nations #rugby #ENGvSCO
#SixNations #6nations #rugby #ENGvSCO
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I don't think we're talking enough about the fact that the pressure to remove DEI from science means women die.
February 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I don't think we're talking enough about the fact that the pressure to remove DEI from science means women die.
February 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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SCOOP: New Social Security chief was being investigated for leaking data to DOGE when Musk team tapped him. Sr officials placed him on paid leave while probing whether he may have violated privacy & tax laws, WaPo's Lisa Rein reports.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
New Social Security chief was being investigated when Musk team tapped him
Data analyst Leland Dudek was suspected of sharing unauthorized access to information with the U.S. DOGE Service. Now he’s the acting Social Security commissioner.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
SCOOP: New Social Security chief was being investigated for leaking data to DOGE when Musk team tapped him. Sr officials placed him on paid leave while probing whether he may have violated privacy & tax laws, WaPo's Lisa Rein reports.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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If you look at all the firings across the government over the last two weeks it's frequently been taken as a given that any black or woman official or officer is either a DEI hire or supports DEI and is summarily fired on that basis. Seems like the same model here.
Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.
February 22, 2025 at 3:01 AM
If you look at all the firings across the government over the last two weeks it's frequently been taken as a given that any black or woman official or officer is either a DEI hire or supports DEI and is summarily fired on that basis. Seems like the same model here.
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So DOGE's 'wall of receipts' is riddled with errors, falsehoods and distortions. big shock. about what you'd expect from 6 tech bros dragged over from the strip club www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...
DOGE’s Only Public Ledger Is Riddled With Mistakes
The figures from Elon Musk’s team of outsiders represent billions in government cuts. They are also full of accounting errors, outdated data and other miscalculations.
www.nytimes.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:20 AM
So DOGE's 'wall of receipts' is riddled with errors, falsehoods and distortions. big shock. about what you'd expect from 6 tech bros dragged over from the strip club www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...
A closer score than anyone imagined & LOVE what happened after the 80' mark. THIS is the Wales team we want--all heart & pluck & never-give-up + skill. So much better! And only 4 sessions into this interim coach's tenure. Give Sherratt the full-time head coach contract.
#rugby #sixnations #6nations
#rugby #sixnations #6nations
February 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A closer score than anyone imagined & LOVE what happened after the 80' mark. THIS is the Wales team we want--all heart & pluck & never-give-up + skill. So much better! And only 4 sessions into this interim coach's tenure. Give Sherratt the full-time head coach contract.
#rugby #sixnations #6nations
#rugby #sixnations #6nations
This morning my joy is a proper contest between Ireland & a substantially upgraded Wales side.
Sherratt has stepped in with efficiency & effectiveness, & clearly Gatland was the primary issue this season. It's like we're watching an entirely different squad on that field. Cymru am byth!
#rugby
Sherratt has stepped in with efficiency & effectiveness, & clearly Gatland was the primary issue this season. It's like we're watching an entirely different squad on that field. Cymru am byth!
#rugby
February 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This morning my joy is a proper contest between Ireland & a substantially upgraded Wales side.
Sherratt has stepped in with efficiency & effectiveness, & clearly Gatland was the primary issue this season. It's like we're watching an entirely different squad on that field. Cymru am byth!
#rugby
Sherratt has stepped in with efficiency & effectiveness, & clearly Gatland was the primary issue this season. It's like we're watching an entirely different squad on that field. Cymru am byth!
#rugby
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So the President not only fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. He also fired the top JAGs at the Army, Navy and Air Force. Those are the lead people who determine what is a legal order and what is not. So if you're planning to do things that are illegal they're the most obvious obstacle.
February 22, 2025 at 2:30 AM
So the President not only fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. He also fired the top JAGs at the Army, Navy and Air Force. Those are the lead people who determine what is a legal order and what is not. So if you're planning to do things that are illegal they're the most obvious obstacle.
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BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: While the Trump Justice Department is telling a federal court that Elon Musk has nothing to do with DOGE, Republican members of Congress are telling their constituents that DOGE is “led by Elon Musk.”
See below 👇
See below 👇
February 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: While the Trump Justice Department is telling a federal court that Elon Musk has nothing to do with DOGE, Republican members of Congress are telling their constituents that DOGE is “led by Elon Musk.”
See below 👇
See below 👇
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the line about how trump is just trolling or joking about the “king” thing is belied somewhat by the fact that his administration’s explicit position is he can do whatever he wants and that everyone in every branch of government needs to bow to his demands or be banished
February 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
the line about how trump is just trolling or joking about the “king” thing is belied somewhat by the fact that his administration’s explicit position is he can do whatever he wants and that everyone in every branch of government needs to bow to his demands or be banished
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DOGErs now accessED into systems designed to protect US critical infrastructure from cyber attacks
February 20, 2025 at 6:13 AM
DOGErs now accessED into systems designed to protect US critical infrastructure from cyber attacks
Very pleased to have my poem, "What you hear in the shadows," included in this issue of Penumbric, alongside many fantastic pieces by inventive and skilled writers!
More thank yous!! Rachel Dotson, @vivianhchou.bsky.social, @twiichii.bsky.social, Gwynne Stanker, @writerjencrow.bsky.social, Barbara Candiotti, @mridleyelmes.bsky.social, @dannyechase.bsky.social ...
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February 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Very pleased to have my poem, "What you hear in the shadows," included in this issue of Penumbric, alongside many fantastic pieces by inventive and skilled writers!
Well, if that wasn't the single most disappointing Six Nations match in recent history, I don't know what was. It's up to Ireland now to shut out England. Et tu, Dupont? 😭😭😭
February 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Well, if that wasn't the single most disappointing Six Nations match in recent history, I don't know what was. It's up to Ireland now to shut out England. Et tu, Dupont? 😭😭😭
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Funny how a little bit of complicity doesn’t save your ass … as we’ve been saying because Germany already ran this experiment
University leaders have not been especially vocal about the new administration *because* they were so worried about Trump just gutting the research infrastructure. And now they have done so anyway.
February 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Funny how a little bit of complicity doesn’t save your ass … as we’ve been saying because Germany already ran this experiment
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even newsmax doesn’t know how to spin this one www.newsmax.com/amp/newsfron...
February 8, 2025 at 4:26 AM
even newsmax doesn’t know how to spin this one www.newsmax.com/amp/newsfron...
How is this ENGvFRA match so close? France has made some massive errors--I've never actually seen Dupont drop a ball with my own eyes in any game I've watched him in, so that shook me a bit TBH. But France should have easily pulled away already. Second half will be intense.
February 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
How is this ENGvFRA match so close? France has made some massive errors--I've never actually seen Dupont drop a ball with my own eyes in any game I've watched him in, so that shook me a bit TBH. But France should have easily pulled away already. Second half will be intense.
@nbcpeacock.bsky.social many thanks for airing the anthems this morning during the #Guinnesssixnations ITAvWAL match. Appreciated! #SixNations #SixNationsRugby #rugby
February 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
@nbcpeacock.bsky.social many thanks for airing the anthems this morning during the #Guinnesssixnations ITAvWAL match. Appreciated! #SixNations #SixNationsRugby #rugby
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Kaine: "Last week the president signed an emergency order regarding energy. There's an energy emergency and he just put a 10% tariffs on energy from Canada? He is increasing prices at the pump at the same time he's saying there's an energy emergency. The emergency is self-created."
February 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Kaine: "Last week the president signed an emergency order regarding energy. There's an energy emergency and he just put a 10% tariffs on energy from Canada? He is increasing prices at the pump at the same time he's saying there's an energy emergency. The emergency is self-created."
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Ask yourself what you’d think about another country if a new regime quickly prohibited all government agencies from communicating with the public, then began deleting data from government websites that it deemed unacceptable.
FYI if you are looking for the Dec. 2024 AFFHT-0007 dataset from the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (which has apparently been deleted by the Trump administration) I've got the nationwide backup on my hard drive.
January 31, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Ask yourself what you’d think about another country if a new regime quickly prohibited all government agencies from communicating with the public, then began deleting data from government websites that it deemed unacceptable.
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This should be 25th amendment level conduct. The president ordered water to be released from a random dam in California nowhere near the wildfires and then claimed it would help. That’s literally Mad King behavior.
They posted an update confirming it was from Trump's order. sjvwater.org/trumps-emerg...
Trump’s emergency water order responsible for water dump from Tulare County lakes – SJV Water
The sudden announcement Thursday by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that Kaweah and Success lakes would immediately begin dumping water was in response Trump’s emergency water order responsible for w...
sjvwater.org
February 1, 2025 at 1:58 AM
This should be 25th amendment level conduct. The president ordered water to be released from a random dam in California nowhere near the wildfires and then claimed it would help. That’s literally Mad King behavior.
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I hate that it's gotten this far, but if countries want to counter a US-imposed trade war, they should make Elon Musk's companies a focus of their retaliation.
Those business interests have effectively merged with the US executive branch, and decision-makers value them more than the American people.
Those business interests have effectively merged with the US executive branch, and decision-makers value them more than the American people.
February 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I hate that it's gotten this far, but if countries want to counter a US-imposed trade war, they should make Elon Musk's companies a focus of their retaliation.
Those business interests have effectively merged with the US executive branch, and decision-makers value them more than the American people.
Those business interests have effectively merged with the US executive branch, and decision-makers value them more than the American people.
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BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.
open.substack.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...