O.R. Melling
@ormelling.bsky.social
World-wandering writer, screenwriter, XR/immersive tech, newbie gamer. Also feminist, socialist, contrarian, Corbynite. Ireland born, Canada reared, Irish inhabitant. She/her. Website: www.ormelling.com. *DMs blocked unless invited*
Pinned
Già eravam da la selva rimossi/tanto ch'i' non avrei visto dov' era/ perch'io in dietro rivolto mi fossi, Already we were so much removed from the woods that I would not have seen where it was even if I were to turn myself back,
Mandelson next, we trust? Nobody in America, of course, because it's a hell hole. #Epsteinfiles
And a very happy 66th birthday to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor
a close up of a man 's face against a purple curtain
Alt: Clip from the Sweeney. “Get your trousers on, you’re nicked!”
media.tenor.com
February 19, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Mandelson next, we trust? Nobody in America, of course, because it's a hell hole. #Epsteinfiles
De EU bereidt een cadeautje voor pesticidenreuzen voor. Dit is een en al een nachtmerrie voor de rest van ons. Ja, voor goedkeuring—voor altijd. Ja, zonder veiligheidstests. En, ja, dit is echt. Teken nu om het te stoppen. action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-12...
Bescherm ons voedsel tegen giftige pesticiden
De EU bereidt een cadeautje voor pesticidenreuzen voor. Dit is een en al een nachtmerrie voor de rest van ons. Een nieuw voorstel kan ervoor zorgen dat giftige pesticiden, waaronder glyfosaat, voor al...
action.wemove.eu
February 18, 2026 at 10:10 PM
De EU bereidt een cadeautje voor pesticidenreuzen voor. Dit is een en al een nachtmerrie voor de rest van ons. Ja, voor goedkeuring—voor altijd. Ja, zonder veiligheidstests. En, ja, dit is echt. Teken nu om het te stoppen. action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-12...
Reposted by O.R. Melling
Ramadan, Lunar New Year and Pancake Tuesday all on the same day?
It's all go, lads.
It's all go, lads.
February 17, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Ramadan, Lunar New Year and Pancake Tuesday all on the same day?
It's all go, lads.
It's all go, lads.
Continuing to enjoy #Jadewind which is glorious storytelling gorgeously produced. But the more I watch #Bailu the more I'm convinced of my original opinion that she has a very limited range; she lacks the depth & acting chops of #Zhaolusi #ZhaoLiying #WuJinyan & #Yangzi.
February 16, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Now everyone who was arrested & incarcerated needs to sue the UK government & seek damages. #PalestineAction
February 13, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Now everyone who was arrested & incarcerated needs to sue the UK government & seek damages. #PalestineAction
Reposted by O.R. Melling
Hopefully, it’s slowly coming to an end!!😡
February 12, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Hopefully, it’s slowly coming to an end!!😡
Hasn't stopped raining here since the last time I mentioned it hadn't stopped raining. Here's a wild view of the sea front from a short while ago. #Ireland #Bray #CountyWicklow
February 13, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Hasn't stopped raining here since the last time I mentioned it hadn't stopped raining. Here's a wild view of the sea front from a short while ago. #Ireland #Bray #CountyWicklow
Beannactaí Lá Fhéile Gobnait, a dhaoine. Sure why not.
It's St Gobnait's feast day, so who was Cork's medieval beekeeper @liber-ray.bsky.social @ria.ie looks at the life and times of Ireland's lesser-known patron saint of bees and beekeeping www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
It's St Gobnait's feast day so who was Cork's medieval beekeeper?
St Gobnait was an Irish female saint associated with bees in the Middle Ages and is still celebrated by local communities today
www.rte.ie
February 11, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Beannactaí Lá Fhéile Gobnait, a dhaoine. Sure why not.
Man around the corner restores vintage cars. This is a Model T Ford he's working on. I said, "I'll dig up a photo of my grandmother in one for you." Love #vintagecars. My first car was a Triumph Herald 1969. Put her in my books. (Tbh cried more over leaving her than my 2 husbands.)
February 11, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Man around the corner restores vintage cars. This is a Model T Ford he's working on. I said, "I'll dig up a photo of my grandmother in one for you." Love #vintagecars. My first car was a Triumph Herald 1969. Put her in my books. (Tbh cried more over leaving her than my 2 husbands.)
Trump screwing over Canada and his own country again. Insane? Hmm ... I could think of a lot worse words to describe America's dictator.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Consensus is that the Prez is insane. @petehoekstra
Anger builds over Trump's threats to block opening of Gordie Howe bridge linking Ontario-Michigan | CBC News
A tradesperson who worked on construction of the Gordie Howe International Bridge says she was disheartened and frustrated by U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to block the opening of the border cr...
www.cbc.ca
February 11, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Trump screwing over Canada and his own country again. Insane? Hmm ... I could think of a lot worse words to describe America's dictator.
THIS IS FANTASTIC. Have a look, lads. 🌟
February 10, 2026 at 12:05 PM
THIS IS FANTASTIC. Have a look, lads. 🌟
Not only what they say and think, but even worse - what they do.
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Not only what they say and think, but even worse - what they do.
Reposted by O.R. Melling
I'm the darkness in the light
I'm the leftness in the right
I'm the rightness in the wrong
I'm the shortness in the long
I'm the goodness in the bad
I'm the saneness in the mad ...
Divine Comedy, 20th century
#Photography #Poetry #SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm #ImageAndVerse #ArtOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
I'm the leftness in the right
I'm the rightness in the wrong
I'm the shortness in the long
I'm the goodness in the bad
I'm the saneness in the mad ...
Divine Comedy, 20th century
#Photography #Poetry #SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm #ImageAndVerse #ArtOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
February 9, 2026 at 6:59 AM
I'm the darkness in the light
I'm the leftness in the right
I'm the rightness in the wrong
I'm the shortness in the long
I'm the goodness in the bad
I'm the saneness in the mad ...
Divine Comedy, 20th century
#Photography #Poetry #SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm #ImageAndVerse #ArtOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
I'm the leftness in the right
I'm the rightness in the wrong
I'm the shortness in the long
I'm the goodness in the bad
I'm the saneness in the mad ...
Divine Comedy, 20th century
#Photography #Poetry #SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm #ImageAndVerse #ArtOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
Blocked for disagreeing with someone I was following & he, me. I only block if abusive, though I do mute if annoying. My point: attacking Bondi is attacking the puppet not the puppet-master. Targeting the vile women leads to no change & serves to distract from the vile MEN in charge.
February 9, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Blocked for disagreeing with someone I was following & he, me. I only block if abusive, though I do mute if annoying. My point: attacking Bondi is attacking the puppet not the puppet-master. Targeting the vile women leads to no change & serves to distract from the vile MEN in charge.
Post your favourite Star Trek character but wrong answers only. (Identified in the ALT text lol.)
February 8, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Post your favourite Star Trek character but wrong answers only. (Identified in the ALT text lol.)
Starting this pinned thread for 3rd time lucky. THE DANTE PROJECT: To Hell & Back Again. Translating Dante's Inferno, parsing for syntax & vocab not poetry (myriad others do that) plus devil-may-care commentary. Originally on TwitterX'd, then here & now here again. How & when it started.
February 8, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Starting this pinned thread for 3rd time lucky. THE DANTE PROJECT: To Hell & Back Again. Translating Dante's Inferno, parsing for syntax & vocab not poetry (myriad others do that) plus devil-may-care commentary. Originally on TwitterX'd, then here & now here again. How & when it started.
Ah feck, I just deleted my entire Dante's Inferno translation thread by accident. Wanted to edit the Ibelin skeet. FFS. And I can't find the thread in replies. Thanks be to jaysus & his divine mudda I screenshot the lot. Will post last skeet & continue from there. It's just for me anyway lol.
a woman wearing a sweater that has a house on it
Alt: Golden Age actress passing out on sofa.
media.tenor.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Ah feck, I just deleted my entire Dante's Inferno translation thread by accident. Wanted to edit the Ibelin skeet. FFS. And I can't find the thread in replies. Thanks be to jaysus & his divine mudda I screenshot the lot. Will post last skeet & continue from there. It's just for me anyway lol.
Anyone defending the ban of young people from the Internet please watch THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF IBELIN the story of a paraplegic child's life online which his parents didn't know about until he died. Place your arguments against his beautiful life. Regulate toxic Web content, not kids.
February 8, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Anyone defending the ban of young people from the Internet please watch THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF IBELIN the story of a paraplegic child's life online which his parents didn't know about until he died. Place your arguments against his beautiful life. Regulate toxic Web content, not kids.
Reposted by O.R. Melling
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection
The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection
‘I’ve lost my friends’: advocacy groups warn Australia’s social media ban risks isolating kids with disabilities
Despite the ban’s aim to protect young people, experts are concerned that those in marginalised communities or living with disabilities could lose vital support networks
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:38 AM
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection
The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection
Reposted by O.R. Melling
As someone who used to write for young adults, facilitated workshops with them, went on speaking tours to meet them can I just say censoring young people has NEVER proven useful or beneficial in any way. Educating them to deal with social media is the best way to protect them from its shadow side.
February 7, 2026 at 11:31 AM
As someone who used to write for young adults, facilitated workshops with them, went on speaking tours to meet them can I just say censoring young people has NEVER proven useful or beneficial in any way. Educating them to deal with social media is the best way to protect them from its shadow side.
Censoring young people has NEVER proven useful. EVER.
As the mother of a daughter whose multiple disabilities led to her having to leave her physical high school at 15 to do distance education, I hate to think how isolated she would have been had she not had access to social media.
It probably contributed to her still being alive.
It probably contributed to her still being alive.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection
The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection
February 7, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Censoring young people has NEVER proven useful. EVER.
Right I've stopped (sort of) playing whack-a-mole with Corbyn-haters (people say they want honest politicians but don't). Time to talk about #Jadewind. 🌟 Stunning! 🌟 Never liked #Bailu & now realise I never liked the characters she played. #WangXingyue 🥰 What a pairing. Plus MANY fave actors.
February 7, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Right I've stopped (sort of) playing whack-a-mole with Corbyn-haters (people say they want honest politicians but don't). Time to talk about #Jadewind. 🌟 Stunning! 🌟 Never liked #Bailu & now realise I never liked the characters she played. #WangXingyue 🥰 What a pairing. Plus MANY fave actors.