Melissa H
@settlrofkittens.bsky.social
She/her. Settler. Super graphic ultra modern girl
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Since the Ezra & Ta-Nehisi discussion is still happening: the main point I think most are missing is that Klein is saying the role of the journalist-intellectual is to do strategic politics, whereas Coates says the role of the journalist-intellectual is to tell the truth
September 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Since the Ezra & Ta-Nehisi discussion is still happening: the main point I think most are missing is that Klein is saying the role of the journalist-intellectual is to do strategic politics, whereas Coates says the role of the journalist-intellectual is to tell the truth
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Kenyan #journalist Alvin Kaunda was reporting live from Nairobi when a curious baby #elephant, Kindani, decided to join the broadcast. The playful elephant stuck her trunk in Alvin's mouth, making for a hilarious moment! A joyful reminder of wildlife's charm and the work of the Sheldrick Trust!
April 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Kenyan #journalist Alvin Kaunda was reporting live from Nairobi when a curious baby #elephant, Kindani, decided to join the broadcast. The playful elephant stuck her trunk in Alvin's mouth, making for a hilarious moment! A joyful reminder of wildlife's charm and the work of the Sheldrick Trust!
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"The AVMA never recommends raw diets for dogs or cats because of the risk of multiple pathogens..." and the spread of H5N1 makes raw feeding riskier than ever. "The strain that’s currently circulating has a near 90 percent case fatality rate in domestic cats” www.popsci.com/health/how-t...
How to protect your pets from bird flu
H5N1 continues to circulate in wild animals, cows, and poultry–cats and dogs aren’t immune.
www.popsci.com
March 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
"The AVMA never recommends raw diets for dogs or cats because of the risk of multiple pathogens..." and the spread of H5N1 makes raw feeding riskier than ever. "The strain that’s currently circulating has a near 90 percent case fatality rate in domestic cats” www.popsci.com/health/how-t...
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Easy to lose this in the noise of the day, but the prime minister of Canada just said the US president, leader of the global hegemon, wants to soften us up economically so he can annex us.
That is one of the most remarkable statements, and realities, in our history.
That is one of the most remarkable statements, and realities, in our history.
March 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Easy to lose this in the noise of the day, but the prime minister of Canada just said the US president, leader of the global hegemon, wants to soften us up economically so he can annex us.
That is one of the most remarkable statements, and realities, in our history.
That is one of the most remarkable statements, and realities, in our history.
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i think everyone needs to stop framing whats going on as “bending the knee” and what’s really happening which is “they’re finally feel free to do what they’ve always wanted to do”
February 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
i think everyone needs to stop framing whats going on as “bending the knee” and what’s really happening which is “they’re finally feel free to do what they’ve always wanted to do”
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They’ve updated to “brazen.”
February 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
They’ve updated to “brazen.”
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Written in November 2024. So sad to see people falling for these tactics now. You still have a choice. You always have a choice in how you treat people.
Full article: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-end-of...
Full article: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-end-of...
February 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Written in November 2024. So sad to see people falling for these tactics now. You still have a choice. You always have a choice in how you treat people.
Full article: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-end-of...
Full article: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-end-of...
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Now is a great time for Ontarians to contact members of parliament & insist Ford cancel the $100 deal with Elon’s Starlink company.
Handy website to find your MP: www.ourcommons.ca/members/en
Handy website to find your MP: www.ourcommons.ca/members/en
Find Members of Parliament - Members of Parliament - House of Commons of Canada
Find Members of Parliament - Members of Parliament - House of Commons of Canada
www.ourcommons.ca
February 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Now is a great time for Ontarians to contact members of parliament & insist Ford cancel the $100 deal with Elon’s Starlink company.
Handy website to find your MP: www.ourcommons.ca/members/en
Handy website to find your MP: www.ourcommons.ca/members/en
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One of my biggest complaints about 2025 so far is how everything is bad and airplanes are crashing
January 31, 2025 at 4:39 PM
One of my biggest complaints about 2025 so far is how everything is bad and airplanes are crashing
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A First Nation in northern Ontario living under the longest boil water advisory in Canada is about to hit a grim milestone.
February 1 marks 30 years without safe drinking water for Neskantaga First Nation, an anniversary the chief says is unconscionable.
February 1 marks 30 years without safe drinking water for Neskantaga First Nation, an anniversary the chief says is unconscionable.
Neskantaga First Nation to mark 30 years living under boil water advisory | APTN News
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January 31, 2025 at 7:13 PM
A First Nation in northern Ontario living under the longest boil water advisory in Canada is about to hit a grim milestone.
February 1 marks 30 years without safe drinking water for Neskantaga First Nation, an anniversary the chief says is unconscionable.
February 1 marks 30 years without safe drinking water for Neskantaga First Nation, an anniversary the chief says is unconscionable.
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Sources have told our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic that fewer than 8000 trucks have entered the Gaza Strip during 11 days of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/w9ma7k
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/w9ma7k
January 31, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Sources have told our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic that fewer than 8000 trucks have entered the Gaza Strip during 11 days of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/w9ma7k
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/w9ma7k
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'Neither racism nor its succubus twin fascism is new nor can make anything new. It can only reproduce the atmosphere which supports its own health: fear, denial, and an atmosphere in which its victims have lost the will to fight...'
(Toni Morrison, "Racism & Fascism", 'Source of Self-Regard', 15).
(Toni Morrison, "Racism & Fascism", 'Source of Self-Regard', 15).
January 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
'Neither racism nor its succubus twin fascism is new nor can make anything new. It can only reproduce the atmosphere which supports its own health: fear, denial, and an atmosphere in which its victims have lost the will to fight...'
(Toni Morrison, "Racism & Fascism", 'Source of Self-Regard', 15).
(Toni Morrison, "Racism & Fascism", 'Source of Self-Regard', 15).
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but who can know what's in his heart x.com/barakravid/s...
January 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
but who can know what's in his heart x.com/barakravid/s...
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Sugarcane has officially been nominated for the Oscar for Best Documentary! Check it out this weekend and make a residential school denialist mad.
Residential school denialists don’t want you to watch Sugarcane - a new documentary about the St. Joseph’s Indian Residential School that’s getting Oscar buzz and is now streaming on Disney+ and Hula. That’s good enough reason to check it out and learn about the ongoing legacy of the IRS system.
January 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Sugarcane has officially been nominated for the Oscar for Best Documentary! Check it out this weekend and make a residential school denialist mad.
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It's why I don't have much left to say except "We warned you" because all of this was utterly predictable. They never hid it. White people just wanted to pretend that it wasn't happening to avoid confronting their racist friends and family.
Only saying once on bsky b/c I know it is not entirely useful, but it is totally exhausting that in 2016 some of us said “they’re Nazis,” some of us screamed “they’re segregationists,” and a whole lot of very serious people now posting about them being Nazis and segregationists gaslight us for years
January 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
It's why I don't have much left to say except "We warned you" because all of this was utterly predictable. They never hid it. White people just wanted to pretend that it wasn't happening to avoid confronting their racist friends and family.
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Today and every day.
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January 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Today and every day.
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Repost if you agree! 🦋
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Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazi salute and a very belligerent one too.
The Nazis think this was a Nazi salute, but, hey, what would they know?
Right-Wing Extremists Are Abuzz Over Musk's Straight-Arm Salute
Right-wing extremists are abuzz over Elon Musk giving an awkward straight-armed salute during an inauguration rally for Donald Trump.
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January 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Historian of fascism here. It was a Nazi salute and a very belligerent one too.
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jewish college students protesting israeli genocide should be investigated by the fbi for terrorism links, but the guy who promotes nazis constantly gives a heil salute at the inauguration should get the benefit of the doubt —the jewish civil rights defenders
January 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
jewish college students protesting israeli genocide should be investigated by the fbi for terrorism links, but the guy who promotes nazis constantly gives a heil salute at the inauguration should get the benefit of the doubt —the jewish civil rights defenders
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i certainly hope it's strongly worded
Before he leaves office for the final time, President Joe Biden plans to pen President-elect Donald Trump a letter, CNN is told.
Biden plans to leave Trump a letter, following modern presidential tradition | CNN Politics
Before he leaves office for the final time, President Joe Biden plans to pen President-elect Donald Trump a letter, CNN is told.
www.cnn.com
January 20, 2025 at 3:59 AM
i certainly hope it's strongly worded