Melissa
@nymelb86.bsky.social
Using all my tools to rise to this challenge of thriving in spite of it all: Meditation, books, wine, TV, movies, and your posts. No private chats. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 BFF 🇨🇦. Stop Krasnov. I stand with Senate Fight Club
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Hey Texas.
Check and double check your voter registration.
The GOP just lost in an R+17 district so take nothing for granted.
Check and double check your voter registration.
The GOP just lost in an R+17 district so take nothing for granted.
Texas: the voter registration deadline is just a few days away on Monday, February 2nd.
To check your registration visit IWillVote.com
To check your registration visit IWillVote.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Hey Texas.
Check and double check your voter registration.
The GOP just lost in an R+17 district so take nothing for granted.
Check and double check your voter registration.
The GOP just lost in an R+17 district so take nothing for granted.
🤔 I am thinking we are thinking about this Epstein thing at the wrong level of analysis. We are fixated at the micro or individual level-who’s in the files and what heinous thing did they do? But the more crucial questions are at a more macro or systems level. What systems benefitted from
February 1, 2026 at 12:01 PM
🤔 I am thinking we are thinking about this Epstein thing at the wrong level of analysis. We are fixated at the micro or individual level-who’s in the files and what heinous thing did they do? But the more crucial questions are at a more macro or systems level. What systems benefitted from
Book Review: The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese. Outstanding. A 700 plus page book I did not want to end. It takes place in Kerala India from 1900 to 1977. A 12 year old girl is brokered into marriage to a very kind and patient widower. He waited 3 years. And it was by all accounts a happy
February 1, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Book Review: The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese. Outstanding. A 700 plus page book I did not want to end. It takes place in Kerala India from 1900 to 1977. A 12 year old girl is brokered into marriage to a very kind and patient widower. He waited 3 years. And it was by all accounts a happy
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Amnesty International is now calling on the US to release journalists arrested by the president's goons.
Which phase of authoritarianism is this?
Which phase of authoritarianism is this?
January 31, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Amnesty International is now calling on the US to release journalists arrested by the president's goons.
Which phase of authoritarianism is this?
Which phase of authoritarianism is this?
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JANE FONDA: “I know Don Lemon. My husband created CNN. And I will fight for their right to speak… they arrested the wrong Don. This is how autocrats act. We can’t fall for it.”
January 31, 2026 at 4:54 AM
JANE FONDA: “I know Don Lemon. My husband created CNN. And I will fight for their right to speak… they arrested the wrong Don. This is how autocrats act. We can’t fall for it.”
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God bless these people.
It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
January 31, 2026 at 8:17 AM
God bless these people.
Today I had a broken car and called in. I literally spent the day on the phone. First my friend Cheryl, AKA CAJ or a culinarily inspired Johnson sister. She just got a new furnace. It’s been a cold few days at her house.
January 31, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Today I had a broken car and called in. I literally spent the day on the phone. First my friend Cheryl, AKA CAJ or a culinarily inspired Johnson sister. She just got a new furnace. It’s been a cold few days at her house.
Tell me five classes you took in college
Shakespeare
Psych, psych and more psych with Carol Dweck, John Gottman, Doug Bernstein, Ed Diener and Walt Schneider (IYKYK)
Intro to Film, Film Comedy
pre-med Physiology (came back as a tutor)
a rando computer science course in the age of punch cards🙀
Shakespeare
Psych, psych and more psych with Carol Dweck, John Gottman, Doug Bernstein, Ed Diener and Walt Schneider (IYKYK)
Intro to Film, Film Comedy
pre-med Physiology (came back as a tutor)
a rando computer science course in the age of punch cards🙀
Tell me five classes you took in college:
Shakespeare
Survey of American Literature
Creative Writing
Drawing
Statistics
Shakespeare
Survey of American Literature
Creative Writing
Drawing
Statistics
Tell me five classes you took in college:
The Plays of Ibsen
Seminar in African Studies
History of Photography
Beginning Verse Writing
Human Genetics
The Plays of Ibsen
Seminar in African Studies
History of Photography
Beginning Verse Writing
Human Genetics
January 31, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Tell me five classes you took in college
Shakespeare
Psych, psych and more psych with Carol Dweck, John Gottman, Doug Bernstein, Ed Diener and Walt Schneider (IYKYK)
Intro to Film, Film Comedy
pre-med Physiology (came back as a tutor)
a rando computer science course in the age of punch cards🙀
Shakespeare
Psych, psych and more psych with Carol Dweck, John Gottman, Doug Bernstein, Ed Diener and Walt Schneider (IYKYK)
Intro to Film, Film Comedy
pre-med Physiology (came back as a tutor)
a rando computer science course in the age of punch cards🙀
I felt bad for him and Martin Kerr when people acted like Springsteen was the first protest song. Pay attention people!
Jessie Welles is a musical genius and poignant poet‼️
His music NEEDS to be heard‼️
He is capturing the history of these insane times‼️
His music NEEDS to be heard‼️
He is capturing the history of these insane times‼️
January 31, 2026 at 4:07 AM
I felt bad for him and Martin Kerr when people acted like Springsteen was the first protest song. Pay attention people!
It’s been cold and snowy here in WNY. My car didn’t start this AM. I called in cold, old, and radical. Cold bc the cold killed my car Max’s battery and I had to call AAA, old bc I live within walking distance and deemed that I was too old to walk in this weather, and radical bc General Strike!
January 30, 2026 at 10:33 PM
It’s been cold and snowy here in WNY. My car didn’t start this AM. I called in cold, old, and radical. Cold bc the cold killed my car Max’s battery and I had to call AAA, old bc I live within walking distance and deemed that I was too old to walk in this weather, and radical bc General Strike!
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Oh no! It starts again! 🏀 My Alma Mater is in the top 10. (My other 4 schools nowhere in sight)
an orange flag with the letter i on it
ALT: an orange flag with the letter i on it
media.tenor.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Oh no! It starts again! 🏀 My Alma Mater is in the top 10. (My other 4 schools nowhere in sight)
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😲😳😭😲
Alex Pretti tried to warn his neighbours a week before his death.
He was tackled by agents & left with a broken rib
The angry mob knew who he was
They knew his face
They killed him less a week later
Noem always says they’re carrying out “targeted enforcement”… sounds like they targeted Alex.
He was tackled by agents & left with a broken rib
The angry mob knew who he was
They knew his face
They killed him less a week later
Noem always says they’re carrying out “targeted enforcement”… sounds like they targeted Alex.
January 28, 2026 at 12:52 AM
😲😳😭😲
Quote with 5 jobs you’ve had
1. Hospital kitchen line worker
2. Plastic toy assembler (had to have been the inspiration for Wellman Plastics in Roseanne & The Connors)
3. Pollen harvester
4. Canvasser for Southern Poverty Law Center
5. College professor
1. Hospital kitchen line worker
2. Plastic toy assembler (had to have been the inspiration for Wellman Plastics in Roseanne & The Connors)
3. Pollen harvester
4. Canvasser for Southern Poverty Law Center
5. College professor
Quote with 5 jobs you’ve had:
1. Orchestral musician
2. Double Bass teacher
3. dishwasher
4. McDs
5. Groundskeeper
1. Orchestral musician
2. Double Bass teacher
3. dishwasher
4. McDs
5. Groundskeeper
January 28, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Quote with 5 jobs you’ve had
1. Hospital kitchen line worker
2. Plastic toy assembler (had to have been the inspiration for Wellman Plastics in Roseanne & The Connors)
3. Pollen harvester
4. Canvasser for Southern Poverty Law Center
5. College professor
1. Hospital kitchen line worker
2. Plastic toy assembler (had to have been the inspiration for Wellman Plastics in Roseanne & The Connors)
3. Pollen harvester
4. Canvasser for Southern Poverty Law Center
5. College professor
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Maybe Donald Trump cannot murder someone on Minneapolis and get away with it
January 27, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Maybe Donald Trump cannot murder someone on Minneapolis and get away with it
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Midterms for MAGAts
January 26, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Midterms for MAGAts
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They just executed a man in Minneapolis for being armed. He never raised his gun at ICE. They removed it from his waistband and then shot him on the ground multiple times‼️
January 26, 2026 at 9:10 PM
They just executed a man in Minneapolis for being armed. He never raised his gun at ICE. They removed it from his waistband and then shot him on the ground multiple times‼️
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Freudian gap.
January 26, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Freudian gap.
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TACO ?
The administration is "deeply frustrated"? To my mind, Noem/Bovino carried out what the White House wanted (see statements from Miller absolving ICE and smearing Good and Pretti), and now that its backfired, they are being used by Trump as scapegoats to absolve the WH of accountability.
Dont forget.
Dont forget.
BREAKING: Bovino is leaving MN: "Administration officials were left deeply frustrated this weekend over how Bovino and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem handled the fallout from the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis." www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
January 26, 2026 at 9:35 PM
TACO ?
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THIS LITERALLY A SCARY TIME IN AMERICA‼️THAT IS POWERFUL‼️
January 26, 2026 at 9:36 PM
THIS LITERALLY A SCARY TIME IN AMERICA‼️THAT IS POWERFUL‼️
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January 26, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Just noticing the Seahawks are trouncing🥳 Happy for my friends
January 25, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Just noticing the Seahawks are trouncing🥳 Happy for my friends
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NAMES OF PEOPLE KILLED BY ICE 2025 - 2026
🚩 Or In ICE custody / ICE related operations 🚩
🚩 Or In ICE custody / ICE related operations 🚩
January 25, 2026 at 5:37 PM
NAMES OF PEOPLE KILLED BY ICE 2025 - 2026
🚩 Or In ICE custody / ICE related operations 🚩
🚩 Or In ICE custody / ICE related operations 🚩
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DESPICABLE!!! 😠 😡 👿
January 25, 2026 at 10:04 PM
DESPICABLE!!! 😠 😡 👿