Melissa 😷 Free 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🇸🇩🇨🇩
@cranmelissa.bsky.social
Jesus follower, eternal student, teacher of young humans, anti-capitalism, she/they, enneagram 5, pro-solitude, backyard homesteader, freelance podcast editor
Made Korean BBQ at home. So happy right now!
March 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Made Korean BBQ at home. So happy right now!
I'm glad I spent more time making my own HP themed stuff than giving that woman money for licensed stuff.
And now I've moved on to other book obsessions.
And now I've moved on to other book obsessions.
I owned all the Harry Potter books and a couple DVDs, all that shit went in the trash a couple years ago. Maybe it was easier for me to let it go because I didn't read HP until my 20s, but not giving Rowling money is incredibly easy. Stop buying her shit and give the money to trans people instead
I wish I knew how to get cis "allies" to actually care about trans lives more than just empty words and affirmations
Reposting an image about how you support trans kids means fuck all when you pay hundreds of dollars to go see a licensed Harry Potter concert the very next day
Reposting an image about how you support trans kids means fuck all when you pay hundreds of dollars to go see a licensed Harry Potter concert the very next day
March 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I'm glad I spent more time making my own HP themed stuff than giving that woman money for licensed stuff.
And now I've moved on to other book obsessions.
And now I've moved on to other book obsessions.
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No Other Land, directed by a four-person Israeli-Palestinian collective, has won the Oscar for Best Documentary. But no one in the U.S. wanted to distribute it.
No Other Land Is the Year’s Most Powerful Documentary
No Other Land, directed by a four-person Israeli-Palestinian collective, has won the Oscar for Best Documentary. But no one in the U.S. wanted to distribute it.
www.vulture.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:26 AM
No Other Land, directed by a four-person Israeli-Palestinian collective, has won the Oscar for Best Documentary. But no one in the U.S. wanted to distribute it.
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Gender identity includes cisgender women.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs a bill that strikes gender identity from Iowa civil rights law, making the state the first to remove civil rights from a previously protected class.
Iowa governor signs bill removing gender identity from state civil rights protections
The move marks the first time a state has removed a protected class from a state law prohibiting discrimination.
www.nbcnews.com
March 2, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Gender identity includes cisgender women.
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"tree equity" is the kind of thing that columnists like to make fun of when why it works is actually instantly apparent to anyone who's ever walked down a street in the summer apnews.com/article/tree...
$75 million was awarded to plant trees in places that badly need them. In anti-DEI push, that's over
The U.S. Forest Service has terminated $75 million awarded to the Arbor Day Foundation to help disadvantaged communities plant trees.
apnews.com
March 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
"tree equity" is the kind of thing that columnists like to make fun of when why it works is actually instantly apparent to anyone who's ever walked down a street in the summer apnews.com/article/tree...
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As of October 2024, approximately 72 million Americans were enrolled in Medicaid, representing about 21% of the U.S. population. It provides health coverage to low-income individuals, including children, pregnant women, adults, seniors, and people with disabilities. 
February 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
As of October 2024, approximately 72 million Americans were enrolled in Medicaid, representing about 21% of the U.S. population. It provides health coverage to low-income individuals, including children, pregnant women, adults, seniors, and people with disabilities. 
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This is what House Republicans voted for tonight.
Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.
Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.
February 26, 2025 at 3:20 AM
This is what House Republicans voted for tonight.
Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.
Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.
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The republicans just passed that disgrace of a budget bill that basically guts Medicaid & SNAP and gives all the tax breaks to billionaires
Think about that. Medicaid is for poor people to get minimum help for food, medical, housing and so on
Fuck these GOP ghouls
Think about that. Medicaid is for poor people to get minimum help for food, medical, housing and so on
Fuck these GOP ghouls
February 26, 2025 at 3:21 AM
The republicans just passed that disgrace of a budget bill that basically guts Medicaid & SNAP and gives all the tax breaks to billionaires
Think about that. Medicaid is for poor people to get minimum help for food, medical, housing and so on
Fuck these GOP ghouls
Think about that. Medicaid is for poor people to get minimum help for food, medical, housing and so on
Fuck these GOP ghouls
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PETE: “What we have to do now is make clear we do want government to work differently and better than it has, but burning it to the ground won’t do that for anyone.”
February 20, 2025 at 3:51 AM
PETE: “What we have to do now is make clear we do want government to work differently and better than it has, but burning it to the ground won’t do that for anyone.”
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Baldwin: "Last night, the president said 'I'm not touching Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, VA, I'm not touching them.' By this morning, he endorsed the House budget resolution which paves the way for massive cuts to Medicaid."
February 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Baldwin: "Last night, the president said 'I'm not touching Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, VA, I'm not touching them.' By this morning, he endorsed the House budget resolution which paves the way for massive cuts to Medicaid."
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Wow! What a hero! 💙
February 20, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Wow! What a hero! 💙
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hello cis friends
this is what people mean by trans genocide
if a type of person does not officially exist, then any harm against them cannot be measured or reported
this headline change isn't even being caused by an executive order
it's simply the NYT editors deciding we don't deserve to exist
this is what people mean by trans genocide
if a type of person does not officially exist, then any harm against them cannot be measured or reported
this headline change isn't even being caused by an executive order
it's simply the NYT editors deciding we don't deserve to exist
February 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
hello cis friends
this is what people mean by trans genocide
if a type of person does not officially exist, then any harm against them cannot be measured or reported
this headline change isn't even being caused by an executive order
it's simply the NYT editors deciding we don't deserve to exist
this is what people mean by trans genocide
if a type of person does not officially exist, then any harm against them cannot be measured or reported
this headline change isn't even being caused by an executive order
it's simply the NYT editors deciding we don't deserve to exist
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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
February 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
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Now that musk is saying he’s doing the DOGE stuff “because the globalists have plotted a Great Replacement in which they use government handouts to buy votes from illegal immigrants and urban blacks” maybe we don’t have to act like this is about deficits or cost cutting anymore
February 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Now that musk is saying he’s doing the DOGE stuff “because the globalists have plotted a Great Replacement in which they use government handouts to buy votes from illegal immigrants and urban blacks” maybe we don’t have to act like this is about deficits or cost cutting anymore
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The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
February 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
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Across the government, probationary employees and Schedule A workers—including individuals with severe physical, psychiatric, or intellectual disabilities, as well as veterans—are being let go.
February 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Across the government, probationary employees and Schedule A workers—including individuals with severe physical, psychiatric, or intellectual disabilities, as well as veterans—are being let go.
Dammit! I laughed way too hard at this.
February 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Dammit! I laughed way too hard at this.
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Tulsi Gabbard has just been confirmed as the Director of National Intelligence. 😫
February 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Tulsi Gabbard has just been confirmed as the Director of National Intelligence. 😫
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A mystery for the ages.
February 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
A mystery for the ages.
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This reads like the opening paragraph of a novel so bleakly dystopian you'd put it down after five pages
February 12, 2025 at 7:40 AM
This reads like the opening paragraph of a novel so bleakly dystopian you'd put it down after five pages