Emily Mellott
@eamellott.bsky.social
Reader. Learner. Pastor. Dreamer. Cat person. Cubs fan. she/her
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Two things can be true:
You should not take off your shoes and put your feet on the chair ahead of you.
The Secretary of Transportation is not a serious person
You should not take off your shoes and put your feet on the chair ahead of you.
The Secretary of Transportation is not a serious person
Duffy on his demand that air travelers not wear slippers or pajamas: "It honors our country ... don't take your shoes off and put your feet on the chair ahead of you"
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Two things can be true:
You should not take off your shoes and put your feet on the chair ahead of you.
The Secretary of Transportation is not a serious person
You should not take off your shoes and put your feet on the chair ahead of you.
The Secretary of Transportation is not a serious person
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I just want every person to consider this in its distilled form.
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The President of the United States is unilaterally levying a tax on every citizen because he didn't like a commercial.
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The President of the United States is unilaterally levying a tax on every citizen because he didn't like a commercial.
President Trump said that he is raising tariffs on Canadian imports, citing a TV ad in the U.S. that features President Reagan criticizing tariffs. https://wapo.st/431CadI
October 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I just want every person to consider this in its distilled form.
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The President of the United States is unilaterally levying a tax on every citizen because he didn't like a commercial.
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The President of the United States is unilaterally levying a tax on every citizen because he didn't like a commercial.
Ooh, breakfast for dinner!
I don't know who needs to hear this, but you are allowed to have ice cream for dinner.
October 26, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Ooh, breakfast for dinner!
“Coming soon: The Presidential Palace, an exclusive private club at a brand-new golden resort in central Washington, DC.
A thing stuck in my brain: someone is going to claim, true or not, that this demolition was done in a way that it compromised the structure of the whole building, and they're going to tear it all down.
It's not like anyone's stopped them so far.
It's not like anyone's stopped them so far.
October 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
“Coming soon: The Presidential Palace, an exclusive private club at a brand-new golden resort in central Washington, DC.
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Experts suggest the quickest way to burn 2000 calories is to forget your brownies are in the oven.
October 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Experts suggest the quickest way to burn 2000 calories is to forget your brownies are in the oven.
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all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.
October 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.
This exactly NOT what Jesus told his followers to do, in case anyone was wondering.
A rich and powerful man voluntarily bearing a cross onstage, but adding wheels so it's not remotely difficult, is the perfect picture for our country.
Virtue signaling much
September 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This exactly NOT what Jesus told his followers to do, in case anyone was wondering.
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It takes more than prayers (though it also takes prayer) and it is more than just guns (though it is also guns) and it is more than the permissive violence of rhetoric (though it is also that) and it is more than a fractured society that views anyone different as an enemy (though it is also that).
September 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
It takes more than prayers (though it also takes prayer) and it is more than just guns (though it is also guns) and it is more than the permissive violence of rhetoric (though it is also that) and it is more than a fractured society that views anyone different as an enemy (though it is also that).
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You guys. C’mon.
You gotta say he can’t just do the DoD thing ‘cause he feels like it
You gotta say he can’t just do the DoD thing ‘cause he feels like it
September 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
You guys. C’mon.
You gotta say he can’t just do the DoD thing ‘cause he feels like it
You gotta say he can’t just do the DoD thing ‘cause he feels like it
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Buried 35 paragraphs in:
"Violent crime in Chicago has dropped significantly in the first half of the year, according to official data released by the city. Shootings are down 37% and homicides have dropped by 32% compared to the first half of 2024, while total violent crime dropped by over 22%..."
"Violent crime in Chicago has dropped significantly in the first half of the year, according to official data released by the city. Shootings are down 37% and homicides have dropped by 32% compared to the first half of 2024, while total violent crime dropped by over 22%..."
58 shot over weekend in Chicago as governor rejects Trump's threat to send in National Guard
At least eight people have been killed and 58 others injured in shootings across Chicago over Labor Day weekend, according to police.
abcnews.go.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Buried 35 paragraphs in:
"Violent crime in Chicago has dropped significantly in the first half of the year, according to official data released by the city. Shootings are down 37% and homicides have dropped by 32% compared to the first half of 2024, while total violent crime dropped by over 22%..."
"Violent crime in Chicago has dropped significantly in the first half of the year, according to official data released by the city. Shootings are down 37% and homicides have dropped by 32% compared to the first half of 2024, while total violent crime dropped by over 22%..."
What are we doing about this in New Jersey @govmurphy.bsky.social?
Illinois is currently exploring the possibility of purchasing Covid-19 vaccines in bulk straight from manufacturers to make sure everyone will still have access.
August 31, 2025 at 8:55 PM
What are we doing about this in New Jersey @govmurphy.bsky.social?
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not just that he has no constitutional authority, there isn't even any particular legal or institutional mechanism by which the president can make anyone treat this as anything other than a weird advisory opinion.
This “explicit” is a weird editorial choice. The constitution gives the president no power over this at all. It’s not ambiguous.
August 31, 2025 at 1:12 PM
not just that he has no constitutional authority, there isn't even any particular legal or institutional mechanism by which the president can make anyone treat this as anything other than a weird advisory opinion.
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*Court rules that Trump's policies are illegal but allows them to stand anyway* is the best summary of America in 2025 I know.
Appeals court strikes down Trump’s tariffs as illegal but leaves them in place
Trump’s cornerstone economic policy faced another challenge as a federal appeals court ruled he did not have the authority under an emergency powers act to impose them.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
*Court rules that Trump's policies are illegal but allows them to stand anyway* is the best summary of America in 2025 I know.
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RFK Jr. taps his top deputy, Jim O’Neill, to be the new CDC director. Both men appear to wear skinny ties from Otaa. Otaa's ties are made in China from microfiber, a kind of plastic that, under the right conditions, can migrate to your balls.
August 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
RFK Jr. taps his top deputy, Jim O’Neill, to be the new CDC director. Both men appear to wear skinny ties from Otaa. Otaa's ties are made in China from microfiber, a kind of plastic that, under the right conditions, can migrate to your balls.
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No one should have to work nearly 8 extra months just to make as much as their white male counterparts do in a year—but that’s the reality Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander women face.
This NHPI Women’s Equal Pay Day, we renew the call: Equal work should always mean equal pay.
This NHPI Women’s Equal Pay Day, we renew the call: Equal work should always mean equal pay.
August 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
No one should have to work nearly 8 extra months just to make as much as their white male counterparts do in a year—but that’s the reality Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander women face.
This NHPI Women’s Equal Pay Day, we renew the call: Equal work should always mean equal pay.
This NHPI Women’s Equal Pay Day, we renew the call: Equal work should always mean equal pay.
Ginger ice cream (it had tiny candied ginger bits! So good!!), sunshine, sea views, friends, rest.
#tinyjoys
I should be on vacation more often, really.
#tinyjoys
I should be on vacation more often, really.
August 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Ginger ice cream (it had tiny candied ginger bits! So good!!), sunshine, sea views, friends, rest.
#tinyjoys
I should be on vacation more often, really.
#tinyjoys
I should be on vacation more often, really.
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Atrocities Keep Getting In Frame Of D.C. Tourist’s Shot https://theonion.com/atrocities-keep-getting-in-frame-of-d-c-tourists-shot/
August 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Atrocities Keep Getting In Frame Of D.C. Tourist’s Shot https://theonion.com/atrocities-keep-getting-in-frame-of-d-c-tourists-shot/
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this is an invitation to deny gay people the right to become citizens. It is almost certainly a first step to deny trans people the right to become citizens.
The Trump administration has ordered authorities to determine whether those seeking U.S. citizenship have “good moral character,” defined by an individual’s “behavior, adherence to societal norms, and positive contributions,” according to a policy memo.
U.S. citizenship reviews will sharpen focus on ‘moral character,’ memo says
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services called for a more “holistic” review of applicants, which includes a more subjective standard for “good moral character.”
www.washingtonpost.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
this is an invitation to deny gay people the right to become citizens. It is almost certainly a first step to deny trans people the right to become citizens.
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Not to add to the discourse, but…
It’s ‘toe the line,’ not ‘tow the line.’
It’s ‘free rein,’ and not ‘free reign.’
It’s ‘eke out,’ not ‘eek out.’
It’s ‘sleight of hand,’ not ‘slight of hand.’
It's ‘Anchors aweigh,’ and not ‘Anchor's away!’
It’s ‘toe the line,’ not ‘tow the line.’
It’s ‘free rein,’ and not ‘free reign.’
It’s ‘eke out,’ not ‘eek out.’
It’s ‘sleight of hand,’ not ‘slight of hand.’
It's ‘Anchors aweigh,’ and not ‘Anchor's away!’
August 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Not to add to the discourse, but…
It’s ‘toe the line,’ not ‘tow the line.’
It’s ‘free rein,’ and not ‘free reign.’
It’s ‘eke out,’ not ‘eek out.’
It’s ‘sleight of hand,’ not ‘slight of hand.’
It's ‘Anchors aweigh,’ and not ‘Anchor's away!’
It’s ‘toe the line,’ not ‘tow the line.’
It’s ‘free rein,’ and not ‘free reign.’
It’s ‘eke out,’ not ‘eek out.’
It’s ‘sleight of hand,’ not ‘slight of hand.’
It's ‘Anchors aweigh,’ and not ‘Anchor's away!’
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Picard relaxation tip: Re-read good books.
August 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Picard relaxation tip: Re-read good books.
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Mark Zuckerberg has spent $110M to buy 11 houses in one Palo Alto neighborhood.
He's turning the homes into a compound.
That's on top of his 30 bedroom, 30 bathroom compound in Hawaii and another in Lake Tahoe.
I don’t want to hear that billionaires can’t afford a wealth tax.
He's turning the homes into a compound.
That's on top of his 30 bedroom, 30 bathroom compound in Hawaii and another in Lake Tahoe.
I don’t want to hear that billionaires can’t afford a wealth tax.
www.nytimes.com
August 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Mark Zuckerberg has spent $110M to buy 11 houses in one Palo Alto neighborhood.
He's turning the homes into a compound.
That's on top of his 30 bedroom, 30 bathroom compound in Hawaii and another in Lake Tahoe.
I don’t want to hear that billionaires can’t afford a wealth tax.
He's turning the homes into a compound.
That's on top of his 30 bedroom, 30 bathroom compound in Hawaii and another in Lake Tahoe.
I don’t want to hear that billionaires can’t afford a wealth tax.
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Maybe the reason JD Vance spending so much time vacationing with his family isn't treated as a scandal is because no one thinks anything could possibly be made better by contributions from JD Vance, including JD Vance.
August 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Maybe the reason JD Vance spending so much time vacationing with his family isn't treated as a scandal is because no one thinks anything could possibly be made better by contributions from JD Vance, including JD Vance.
If you haven’t worked at a food bank recently, read this thread.
When I was back home I spent an afternoon volunteering at the food bank my mom helps run. It’s in a mid sized Midwestern city. It was pretty eye opening. These are people who are really reliant on the social safety net that the BBB slashed. Here’s a list of observations 1/x
August 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
If you haven’t worked at a food bank recently, read this thread.