Melissa Washburn
@mwashburnart.bsky.social
Illustrator, Arts Administrator, Traveler and Curmudgeon.
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While N@zis were the Nationalist Socialist party.
Socialism & N@zism are completely different as are Socialism & Communism!
Please help maintain the narrative & ensure the difference between socialism & communism are kept clear for our fellow Americans!
Socialism & N@zism are completely different as are Socialism & Communism!
Please help maintain the narrative & ensure the difference between socialism & communism are kept clear for our fellow Americans!
November 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
While N@zis were the Nationalist Socialist party.
Socialism & N@zism are completely different as are Socialism & Communism!
Please help maintain the narrative & ensure the difference between socialism & communism are kept clear for our fellow Americans!
Socialism & N@zism are completely different as are Socialism & Communism!
Please help maintain the narrative & ensure the difference between socialism & communism are kept clear for our fellow Americans!
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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WHAT IF WE JUST INVESTED IN ARTISTS AND AUTHORS LIKE MANY OTHER COUNTRIES
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 9:11 AM
WHAT IF WE JUST INVESTED IN ARTISTS AND AUTHORS LIKE MANY OTHER COUNTRIES
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What’s draining tax dollars isn’t SNAP, it’s corporate welfare and billionaire tax breaks.
FACT: Even people working two jobs still need SNAP.
Where’s the outrage about that?!
FACT: Even people working two jobs still need SNAP.
Where’s the outrage about that?!
October 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
What’s draining tax dollars isn’t SNAP, it’s corporate welfare and billionaire tax breaks.
FACT: Even people working two jobs still need SNAP.
Where’s the outrage about that?!
FACT: Even people working two jobs still need SNAP.
Where’s the outrage about that?!
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Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
October 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Y is for yellowthroat. Working on the coloring book again after a long hiatus…
October 2, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Y is for yellowthroat. Working on the coloring book again after a long hiatus…
Great article, greatest description of LLMs I’ve ever seen- “a single-use plastic of the mind”
September 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Great article, greatest description of LLMs I’ve ever seen- “a single-use plastic of the mind”
Work in progress. And big news, I’m drawing again. Have promised myself I’ll pick up the bird coloring book project with the goal of finishing it by the end of the year
September 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Work in progress. And big news, I’m drawing again. Have promised myself I’ll pick up the bird coloring book project with the goal of finishing it by the end of the year
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We're hiring TWO (two!) tenure-track assistant professors in my Biology department: cellular/molecular biology and plant biology. Within those categories, we are very open to research focus. Come work with me! And please spread the word! fa-exer-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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August 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
We're hiring TWO (two!) tenure-track assistant professors in my Biology department: cellular/molecular biology and plant biology. Within those categories, we are very open to research focus. Come work with me! And please spread the word! fa-exer-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
September 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I’ve ordered mine! Can’t wait!
Sneak peak inside my 2026 nature-loving wall calendar collab with @sarahmackattack.bsky.social
Each month covers a different animals and Sept's is the Anglerfish!
These calendar sales help support @skypeascientist.bsky.social 2026 native plant project! Pre-order: www.etsy.com/listing/4366...
Each month covers a different animals and Sept's is the Anglerfish!
These calendar sales help support @skypeascientist.bsky.social 2026 native plant project! Pre-order: www.etsy.com/listing/4366...
September 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I’ve ordered mine! Can’t wait!
I am currently re-reading Slaughterhouse Five after visiting the Vonnegut Museum in Indianapolis and keep running into quotes and am more convinced than ever that he was really the kind of human we need more of in this world.
September 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I am currently re-reading Slaughterhouse Five after visiting the Vonnegut Museum in Indianapolis and keep running into quotes and am more convinced than ever that he was really the kind of human we need more of in this world.
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Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
September 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
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Transgender people are owed a retraction and apology from @wsj.com. The lie has already become canon to millions and it seems the least they could do.
September 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Transgender people are owed a retraction and apology from @wsj.com. The lie has already become canon to millions and it seems the least they could do.
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We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.
August 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.
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We know too well the devastating consequences of such action—families torn apart, livelihoods destroyed, and multigenerational trauma inflicted on a community for decades.
#AlligatorAlcatraz #NeverAgainIsNow
#AlligatorAlcatraz #NeverAgainIsNow
July 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
We know too well the devastating consequences of such action—families torn apart, livelihoods destroyed, and multigenerational trauma inflicted on a community for decades.
#AlligatorAlcatraz #NeverAgainIsNow
#AlligatorAlcatraz #NeverAgainIsNow
April 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I DID NOT KNOW CLARK’S NUTCRACKERS WERE SO BIG! Lifer for me, seen along with some stunning magpies in Centennial, WY on Sunday
March 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I DID NOT KNOW CLARK’S NUTCRACKERS WERE SO BIG! Lifer for me, seen along with some stunning magpies in Centennial, WY on Sunday
I love Rebecca Solnit. So sharp, so smart, and so readable. Great piece.
CW: Abuse, sexual assault, misogyny.
Rebecca Solnit analyzes Trump's speaking style, specifically his obsession with coercive control tactics like DARVO ("Deny and Reverse Victim and Offender").
"The She Made Him Do It Theory of Everything" www.meditationsinanemergency.com/the-she-made...
Rebecca Solnit analyzes Trump's speaking style, specifically his obsession with coercive control tactics like DARVO ("Deny and Reverse Victim and Offender").
"The She Made Him Do It Theory of Everything" www.meditationsinanemergency.com/the-she-made...
The She Made Him Do It Theory of Everything
The rhetoric and logic of the abuse of power operates similarly at all scales, which is why I've found feminism such useful equipment for understanding authoritarians in public and political life. Bec...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I love Rebecca Solnit. So sharp, so smart, and so readable. Great piece.
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Not compromising on trans rights isn’t “ideological purity” because trans people are human beings not a fucking ideology and throwing them to the wolves is monstrous
March 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Not compromising on trans rights isn’t “ideological purity” because trans people are human beings not a fucking ideology and throwing them to the wolves is monstrous
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The fact that the USA has banned visas for trans people but welcomed rapist Andrew Tate shows how all this "defending women" stuff is total bullshit
February 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The fact that the USA has banned visas for trans people but welcomed rapist Andrew Tate shows how all this "defending women" stuff is total bullshit
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The feminine urge to burn it all down to the ground
February 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The feminine urge to burn it all down to the ground