Melissa Marie
@heymmt.bsky.social
Social Worker on a Mission* Award Winning Professor* Trauma Informed Practitioner *Voracious Reader * Mental Health Advocate * 🏅* Runner * Writer *Always learning, Always Growing
Reposted by Melissa Marie
Yes, tears will fill your eyes and your stomach will turn over as you read this litany. Each item more shocking and frightening than the previous one. But read it we must! Share it we must!
Every day more horrendous and dangerous actions are done to create a solid fascist state.
Every day more horrendous and dangerous actions are done to create a solid fascist state.
Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 163
July 1, 2025
open.substack.com
July 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Yes, tears will fill your eyes and your stomach will turn over as you read this litany. Each item more shocking and frightening than the previous one. But read it we must! Share it we must!
Every day more horrendous and dangerous actions are done to create a solid fascist state.
Every day more horrendous and dangerous actions are done to create a solid fascist state.
I wrote this two years ago. I don’t know what would have happened to my family without the social safety net that helped us.
I found it so difficult to sleep last night thinking of all the people, that will loose access to support they need if the BBB passes.
open.substack.com/pub/mmtmsw/p...
I found it so difficult to sleep last night thinking of all the people, that will loose access to support they need if the BBB passes.
open.substack.com/pub/mmtmsw/p...
A Former Free Lunch Kid Speaks Out
For there is no “them” there is only “us”.
open.substack.com
June 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I wrote this two years ago. I don’t know what would have happened to my family without the social safety net that helped us.
I found it so difficult to sleep last night thinking of all the people, that will loose access to support they need if the BBB passes.
open.substack.com/pub/mmtmsw/p...
I found it so difficult to sleep last night thinking of all the people, that will loose access to support they need if the BBB passes.
open.substack.com/pub/mmtmsw/p...
This is not compartmentalization. This is not denial. This is the radical act of remaining fully human while living through historical darkness.
open.substack.com/pub/mmtmsw/p...
open.substack.com/pub/mmtmsw/p...
An Honest Walker: Living Through Historical Darkness
It's really quiet here tonight.
open.substack.com
June 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This is not compartmentalization. This is not denial. This is the radical act of remaining fully human while living through historical darkness.
open.substack.com/pub/mmtmsw/p...
open.substack.com/pub/mmtmsw/p...
Thank you so much for sharing my work @ebelluomini.bsky.social . I hope it resonates with many. Click on the link below to read this one 💜
@heymmt.bsky.social hits home with these observations on the state of our country’s refusal to protect children #kidshaverightstoo #children #protectchildren
Living Among Lions: When the Law Abandons Our Children
Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled that some lions are acceptable predators.
open.substack.com
June 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Thank you so much for sharing my work @ebelluomini.bsky.social . I hope it resonates with many. Click on the link below to read this one 💜
April 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I wrote about the role, the debt, white folks owe when it comes to fighting hard collectively. Many needed the shock Senator Booker provided. But again white folks have to do more of the work of civil disobedience now. Thats part of what tomorrow is all about…
open.substack.com/pub/mmtmsw/p...
open.substack.com/pub/mmtmsw/p...
The Power of Stillness
Words, Silence, and Resistance in America's Moment of Contraction
open.substack.com
April 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I wrote about the role, the debt, white folks owe when it comes to fighting hard collectively. Many needed the shock Senator Booker provided. But again white folks have to do more of the work of civil disobedience now. Thats part of what tomorrow is all about…
open.substack.com/pub/mmtmsw/p...
open.substack.com/pub/mmtmsw/p...
Reposted by Melissa Marie
Viewer submission: Empty Chair Town Hall for Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson in Madison WI on Friday, March 21st.
March 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Viewer submission: Empty Chair Town Hall for Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson in Madison WI on Friday, March 21st.
Here’s today’s essay.
Writing is still here. Let’s enjoy good works together. Join me?
open.substack.com/pub/mmtmsw/p...
Writing is still here. Let’s enjoy good works together. Join me?
open.substack.com/pub/mmtmsw/p...
The Power of Stillness
Words, Silence, and Resistance in America's Moment of Contraction
open.substack.com
March 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Here’s today’s essay.
Writing is still here. Let’s enjoy good works together. Join me?
open.substack.com/pub/mmtmsw/p...
Writing is still here. Let’s enjoy good works together. Join me?
open.substack.com/pub/mmtmsw/p...
Reposted by Melissa Marie
We’re launching Fight Back With Friends, a new national program to help you activate your community. Using our new Empower app, we’ll give you the tools to connect with friends, family and neighbors who need YOUR voice to get civically engaged. Join us on Thursday to get started: indivisi.org/FBWF
March 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
We’re launching Fight Back With Friends, a new national program to help you activate your community. Using our new Empower app, we’ll give you the tools to connect with friends, family and neighbors who need YOUR voice to get civically engaged. Join us on Thursday to get started: indivisi.org/FBWF
Reposted by Melissa Marie
Some advice on activism and feeling less helpless:
You probably cannot make a big change by yourself. That's okay. Find a thing you can do--either joining an existing thing or starting something small that you can sustain with resources you have--and start there.
You probably cannot make a big change by yourself. That's okay. Find a thing you can do--either joining an existing thing or starting something small that you can sustain with resources you have--and start there.
March 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Some advice on activism and feeling less helpless:
You probably cannot make a big change by yourself. That's okay. Find a thing you can do--either joining an existing thing or starting something small that you can sustain with resources you have--and start there.
You probably cannot make a big change by yourself. That's okay. Find a thing you can do--either joining an existing thing or starting something small that you can sustain with resources you have--and start there.
Reposted by Melissa Marie
BREAKING: Aggressively mediocre men who have never watched a game of women's basketball are suddenly experts on women's basketball.
March 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
BREAKING: Aggressively mediocre men who have never watched a game of women's basketball are suddenly experts on women's basketball.
Anyone else remove all these devices from their home?
🤖 Alexa+ is here! Amazon's AI-powered assistant is rolling out; what does it mean for Prime? Emily Forlini reports, Mikah Sargent explores Claude AI playing Pokémon, & Sean Hollister reviews Framework's desktop PC! 🎮 #AI #TechNews
📲 Download and subscribe here:
📲 Download and subscribe here:
Amazon's New AI-Powered Assistant | TWiT.TV
Anthropic's Claude AI is now playing Pokemon through Twitch - albeit slowly. Emily Forlini was at the Amazon event this past week and talks about Alexa+ that was announced at
buff.ly
March 5, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Anyone else remove all these devices from their home?
Reposted by Melissa Marie
📚 Support Local, Share the Story! 📚
Want to see Shattered Paths on the shelves of your favorite bookstore or library? You can request it!
Just ask for:
📖 Shattered Paths by Daniel Rolph
📚 ISBN: 978-1-7638400-1-0
Or grab your copy here 👉 geni.us/OEi75Gh
Want to see Shattered Paths on the shelves of your favorite bookstore or library? You can request it!
Just ask for:
📖 Shattered Paths by Daniel Rolph
📚 ISBN: 978-1-7638400-1-0
Or grab your copy here 👉 geni.us/OEi75Gh
March 3, 2025 at 2:55 AM
📚 Support Local, Share the Story! 📚
Want to see Shattered Paths on the shelves of your favorite bookstore or library? You can request it!
Just ask for:
📖 Shattered Paths by Daniel Rolph
📚 ISBN: 978-1-7638400-1-0
Or grab your copy here 👉 geni.us/OEi75Gh
Want to see Shattered Paths on the shelves of your favorite bookstore or library? You can request it!
Just ask for:
📖 Shattered Paths by Daniel Rolph
📚 ISBN: 978-1-7638400-1-0
Or grab your copy here 👉 geni.us/OEi75Gh
Pissed off at MSNBC for canceling Yhe Reid Out? Show @joyannereid some love and buy her book from @bookshop_org
bookshop.org/p/books/medg...
bookshop.org/p/books/medg...
Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America
Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America
bookshop.org
February 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Pissed off at MSNBC for canceling Yhe Reid Out? Show @joyannereid some love and buy her book from @bookshop_org
bookshop.org/p/books/medg...
bookshop.org/p/books/medg...
@bookshop-org.bsky.social - do you carry this new release ?
February 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
@bookshop-org.bsky.social - do you carry this new release ?
The Radical Act of Needing.
Finally - some clear thoughts amidst the chaos. Please read & share 🦋💙
open.substack.com/pub/mmtmsw/p...
Finally - some clear thoughts amidst the chaos. Please read & share 🦋💙
open.substack.com/pub/mmtmsw/p...
The Radical Act of Needing
I haven't written here in some time.
open.substack.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The Radical Act of Needing.
Finally - some clear thoughts amidst the chaos. Please read & share 🦋💙
open.substack.com/pub/mmtmsw/p...
Finally - some clear thoughts amidst the chaos. Please read & share 🦋💙
open.substack.com/pub/mmtmsw/p...
@nathaliejp.bsky.social welcome to 🦋! Glad you are here. Social work colleagues- do give Dr. Jones a follow and let’s get her in some starter packs !
February 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
@nathaliejp.bsky.social welcome to 🦋! Glad you are here. Social work colleagues- do give Dr. Jones a follow and let’s get her in some starter packs !
Reposted by Melissa Marie
Advocacy Update from APA Services and Practical Tips for Navigating the Policy Landscape Webinar apa-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi... < Feb 25 at 7pm EST #socialworksky #academicsky #advocacy
Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing, Webinars, Screen Sharing
Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom ...
apa-org.zoom.us
February 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Advocacy Update from APA Services and Practical Tips for Navigating the Policy Landscape Webinar apa-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi... < Feb 25 at 7pm EST #socialworksky #academicsky #advocacy
“It was a matter of fighting and suppressing everything in the contemporary world which had destroyed the old world, and thus, in the words of certain writers, “repairing the chain of time.” - How The Nazis Viewed History
On February 13, 2025 The National Park Service "removed references to transgender people from the web pages of the National Stonewall Monument in Manhattan. Later, the word “queer” and the letter “Q” were also removed." This is LITERALLY ERASING HISTORY. Please share.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Letter on Modifications to the National Stonewall Monument Web Pages
Letter on the National Park Service Modifications to the National Stonewall Monument Web Pages Signatures closed at 5 P.M. EST on February 19, 2025. If you are a journalist writing about this issue o...
docs.google.com
February 20, 2025 at 10:47 AM
“It was a matter of fighting and suppressing everything in the contemporary world which had destroyed the old world, and thus, in the words of certain writers, “repairing the chain of time.” - How The Nazis Viewed History
“Develop a Worksite Enforcement Response Plan. Supervisors and key personnel should be trained on how to handle an ICE raid. A clear chain of communication must be established, including legal counsel and senior management, and employees should be informed of their rights and obligations.”
Knock knock, but not the funny kind. We wrote a thing: www.taftlaw.com/news-events/...
ICE Raids on Construction Projects: Best Practices for Mitigation | Law Bulletins | Taft Law
www.taftlaw.com
February 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM
“Develop a Worksite Enforcement Response Plan. Supervisors and key personnel should be trained on how to handle an ICE raid. A clear chain of communication must be established, including legal counsel and senior management, and employees should be informed of their rights and obligations.”
Reposted by Melissa Marie
Really grateful to the folks who told me to reach out to my state department of insurance re: United Healthcare's refusal to pay my medical bills. It worked! They have reprocessed the claims and paid the outstanding balances. This is such a relief. Really grateful for the advice I received here. ❤️
February 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Really grateful to the folks who told me to reach out to my state department of insurance re: United Healthcare's refusal to pay my medical bills. It worked! They have reprocessed the claims and paid the outstanding balances. This is such a relief. Really grateful for the advice I received here. ❤️
Reposted by Melissa Marie
The average person with the flu gives it to around 1.4 people. The average person with measles gives it to between 12 and 18 people.
Measles cases continue to surge globally, putting millions of children at risk.
More than 10 million people globally were infected with measles in 2023, a 20% increase from the previous year.
bit.ly/48SAtkf
More than 10 million people globally were infected with measles in 2023, a 20% increase from the previous year.
bit.ly/48SAtkf
February 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The average person with the flu gives it to around 1.4 people. The average person with measles gives it to between 12 and 18 people.
Reposted by Melissa Marie
THIS GOES FOR ACADEMICS!
Please, please archive your work. Please. I’ve recently been saving lots of my essays as pdfs just so the Internet doesn’t suddenly delete them all (this happened to a whole load of blogs I wrote for The Independent years ago). I don’t want you to wake up and suddenly find your work gone like I did.
February 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
THIS GOES FOR ACADEMICS!
Reposted by Melissa Marie
Alt text: A burgundy red book cover by Omar El Akkad titled “One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this."
February 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Alt text: A burgundy red book cover by Omar El Akkad titled “One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this."