Melanie B.
@notaspicegirlmelb.bsky.social
Stream of consciousness blog. I love taking pictures. I love the beach, birds, my husband, child, and dog. I cross stitch. Transplant from the North West to the Mid-Atlantic. Very anti-MAGA. 🥄
This will be my 3rd Polar Bear Plunge! This year I'll be a "virtual" participant though as I will actually be on my Antarctic Expedition that week, truly plunging in arctic waters! Please donate to the Icee Penguins team if you're able!
#PlungeDE #specialolympics
www.classy.org/fundraiser/6...
#PlungeDE #specialolympics
www.classy.org/fundraiser/6...
2026 Lewes Polar Bear Plunge
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November 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This will be my 3rd Polar Bear Plunge! This year I'll be a "virtual" participant though as I will actually be on my Antarctic Expedition that week, truly plunging in arctic waters! Please donate to the Icee Penguins team if you're able!
#PlungeDE #specialolympics
www.classy.org/fundraiser/6...
#PlungeDE #specialolympics
www.classy.org/fundraiser/6...
Have I been angry? Very. Has the last month been hard? Very. Do I enjoy working without pay or having flights cancelled? Obviously not. But having it end with no good news and just getting 8 dems to cave, makes it all so much worse. All the bullshit for NOTHING.
#fdt #shutdown #dissolvecongress
#fdt #shutdown #dissolvecongress
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Have I been angry? Very. Has the last month been hard? Very. Do I enjoy working without pay or having flights cancelled? Obviously not. But having it end with no good news and just getting 8 dems to cave, makes it all so much worse. All the bullshit for NOTHING.
#fdt #shutdown #dissolvecongress
#fdt #shutdown #dissolvecongress
How did I manage to position myself in such a way to be working without pay as an essential fed employee, and now have my flight cancelled on the first day of air travel cuts because of the same #shutdown? Fuck them all. I hate everyone. Congress should be the ones suffering, not me! It is personal.
November 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
How did I manage to position myself in such a way to be working without pay as an essential fed employee, and now have my flight cancelled on the first day of air travel cuts because of the same #shutdown? Fuck them all. I hate everyone. Congress should be the ones suffering, not me! It is personal.
Beautiful sunrise today. Welcome to November. Reminder that thousands of excepted fed employees are still working full time with no pay, not just air traffic controllers.
#sunrise #ocean #photography #shutdown #fdt #releasetheepsteinfiles #essentialfed
#sunrise #ocean #photography #shutdown #fdt #releasetheepsteinfiles #essentialfed
November 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Beautiful sunrise today. Welcome to November. Reminder that thousands of excepted fed employees are still working full time with no pay, not just air traffic controllers.
#sunrise #ocean #photography #shutdown #fdt #releasetheepsteinfiles #essentialfed
#sunrise #ocean #photography #shutdown #fdt #releasetheepsteinfiles #essentialfed
A beautiful day at the beach. Oh how I love this place. Especially in the off season.
October 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A beautiful day at the beach. Oh how I love this place. Especially in the off season.
Went down to the lake to watch the colors emerge with the rising sun over the misty water. Beautiful morning.
#fall #fallcolors #sunrise #photography #mistylake #reflections
#fall #fallcolors #sunrise #photography #mistylake #reflections
October 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Went down to the lake to watch the colors emerge with the rising sun over the misty water. Beautiful morning.
#fall #fallcolors #sunrise #photography #mistylake #reflections
#fall #fallcolors #sunrise #photography #mistylake #reflections
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Knowing that this guy is hunting around in the ocean depths looking like a fed during a shutdown warms my chilled heart.
His name is Jeff.
His name is Jeff.
October 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Knowing that this guy is hunting around in the ocean depths looking like a fed during a shutdown warms my chilled heart.
His name is Jeff.
His name is Jeff.
I think this is my first unpaid federal holiday in over 15 years. I can't coherently or eloquently say anything more about the current status of the US, our dumbass dementia riddled turd of a president, or having to work without being paid. So i painted a pumpkin today!
#derpytiger #fdt #nokings
#derpytiger #fdt #nokings
October 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I think this is my first unpaid federal holiday in over 15 years. I can't coherently or eloquently say anything more about the current status of the US, our dumbass dementia riddled turd of a president, or having to work without being paid. So i painted a pumpkin today!
#derpytiger #fdt #nokings
#derpytiger #fdt #nokings
October 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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I don't have a lot of words today so I offer bluesky some #puppylove instead.
#pitties #sunset #sky #photography
#pitties #sunset #sky #photography
September 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I don't have a lot of words today so I offer bluesky some #puppylove instead.
#pitties #sunset #sky #photography
#pitties #sunset #sky #photography
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This is a fantastic article and the link is a good link so it should work. This all tracks with my experience as an employee. We are drowning.
After the Trump Administration pushed out 7K Social Security employees, significant service strains are showing--especially for people seeking in-person help at local offices.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/b...
A Diminished Social Security Work Force, and Its Customers, Feel the Strain
www.nytimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This is a fantastic article and the link is a good link so it should work. This all tracks with my experience as an employee. We are drowning.
This truly is the worst timeline. Fucking dumber than a box of rocks orange turd is playing doctor now with a fucking brainworm. We've had the bad place revelation enough times aren't we supposed to get a reset?!?
September 23, 2025 at 1:20 AM
This truly is the worst timeline. Fucking dumber than a box of rocks orange turd is playing doctor now with a fucking brainworm. We've had the bad place revelation enough times aren't we supposed to get a reset?!?
The fact that people treat the orange turd's EOs like laws are what's making him a dictator. I don't understand why so many just roll over and let him fuck them. EOs are NOT LAWS unless you pretend they are and just give in. Useless congress.
September 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The fact that people treat the orange turd's EOs like laws are what's making him a dictator. I don't understand why so many just roll over and let him fuck them. EOs are NOT LAWS unless you pretend they are and just give in. Useless congress.
Literally all the bitches giving in because they're "afraid" of what the orange dictator would do is WHAT MAKES HIM A DICTATOR YOU WEAK ASSHOLES! He's proven on the international stage that he's a fucking idiot full of words and no action so STOP GIVING IN!!! Can we please start fighting back?!?!?!
September 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Literally all the bitches giving in because they're "afraid" of what the orange dictator would do is WHAT MAKES HIM A DICTATOR YOU WEAK ASSHOLES! He's proven on the international stage that he's a fucking idiot full of words and no action so STOP GIVING IN!!! Can we please start fighting back?!?!?!
I am NOT OK with losing our first amendment rights! Ever! But especially over some dumb fuck political commentator. People have disrespected the dead AND killers for fucking ever get over your god damn selves and suck it the fuck up! This is the fucking worst.
September 17, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I am NOT OK with losing our first amendment rights! Ever! But especially over some dumb fuck political commentator. People have disrespected the dead AND killers for fucking ever get over your god damn selves and suck it the fuck up! This is the fucking worst.
They're now outright eliminating first amendment rights. Over a guy who made his living utilizing his own first amendment rights. Y'all we are way past the breaking point. We are fuuuuuuuuucked.
September 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
They're now outright eliminating first amendment rights. Over a guy who made his living utilizing his own first amendment rights. Y'all we are way past the breaking point. We are fuuuuuuuuucked.
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“The only reason the system hasn’t already collapsed is that the mission-driven staffers who remain are each doing the work of five people. They are holding Social Security together with shoestrings and chewing gum— but they can’t do it forever.”
No we can’t. We really can’t. 💔💔💔
No we can’t. We really can’t. 💔💔💔
thehill.com
September 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
“The only reason the system hasn’t already collapsed is that the mission-driven staffers who remain are each doing the work of five people. They are holding Social Security together with shoestrings and chewing gum— but they can’t do it forever.”
No we can’t. We really can’t. 💔💔💔
No we can’t. We really can’t. 💔💔💔
Legit feel like this is such an honest and badass anthem I can't get over it.
#kpopdemonhunters #whatitsoundslike
"So we were cowards
So we were liars
So we're not heroes
We're still survivors
The dreamers
The fighters
No lyin'
I'm tired
But dive in the fire and I'll be right here by your side"
#kpopdemonhunters #whatitsoundslike
"So we were cowards
So we were liars
So we're not heroes
We're still survivors
The dreamers
The fighters
No lyin'
I'm tired
But dive in the fire and I'll be right here by your side"
September 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Legit feel like this is such an honest and badass anthem I can't get over it.
#kpopdemonhunters #whatitsoundslike
"So we were cowards
So we were liars
So we're not heroes
We're still survivors
The dreamers
The fighters
No lyin'
I'm tired
But dive in the fire and I'll be right here by your side"
#kpopdemonhunters #whatitsoundslike
"So we were cowards
So we were liars
So we're not heroes
We're still survivors
The dreamers
The fighters
No lyin'
I'm tired
But dive in the fire and I'll be right here by your side"
Testing out my new phone's camera on a preview of Sunday's blood moon
#moon #photography #cameraphone
#moon #photography #cameraphone
September 5, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Testing out my new phone's camera on a preview of Sunday's blood moon
#moon #photography #cameraphone
#moon #photography #cameraphone
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Chuck Borges is an #AltCitizen of the highest order. Thank you for your service, sir. Keep up the fight. ✊✊✊
BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned after bombshell report that SSA put highly-sensitive data at risk. He sent out an email to colleagues moments ago.
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
Here is the text of his email shared with me:
August 29, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Chuck Borges is an #AltCitizen of the highest order. Thank you for your service, sir. Keep up the fight. ✊✊✊
I'm entering another personal "mental shut down" phase of the news cycle. Which means it was time for another early morning.
#sunrise #photography #eastcoast #baylife
#sunrise #photography #eastcoast #baylife
August 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I'm entering another personal "mental shut down" phase of the news cycle. Which means it was time for another early morning.
#sunrise #photography #eastcoast #baylife
#sunrise #photography #eastcoast #baylife
*This isn't a distraction it's the plan*
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*This isn't a distraction it's the plan*
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*This isn't a distraction it's the pedophile faction,
this isn't a distraction it's the plan*
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*This isn't a distraction it's the plan*
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*This isn't a distraction it's the pedophile faction,
this isn't a distraction it's the plan*
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August 13, 2025 at 2:12 AM
*This isn't a distraction it's the plan*
Clap clap
*This isn't a distraction it's the plan*
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*This isn't a distraction it's the pedophile faction,
this isn't a distraction it's the plan*
Clap clap
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*This isn't a distraction it's the plan*
Clap clap
*This isn't a distraction it's the pedophile faction,
this isn't a distraction it's the plan*
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