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Melissa
@iammelissa.bsky.social
Mother, wife, community builder. Covid aware cargo biker.

Current: Edinburgh, Scotland
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It’s like they can’t imagine this is an access route that people use for anything other than leisure. Unbelievable cutting people off for 2 months
November 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Good thing the govt is doing this then 😬

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If you think that “the slow vanishing of employee benefits” is a better trade politically than “the other lot saying you broke your promise on income tax”, you are out of your tree: www.ft.com/content/1160...
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Fight down the field Massachusetts? I heard the Stars and Stripes will gleam …
October 26, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Only one guy felt the need to comment that I was biking 4 people (!!) with “one motor”. Like ok dude, it’s still cycling. I still hit my intensity minutes on Garmin 🙄
October 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Reposted by Melissa
Last bit from this but it's a v good piece on Caerphilly: "There are not many areas that will be more favourable to [Reform] in Wales... Given their immense resources, disproportionate media attention and overwhelmingly favourable social media algorithms, they should be embarrassed by the result."
October 24, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Gosh thought he’d be in CA by now 😅
October 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
It’s just so horrible to treat our children this way. It’s the most prevalent chronic illness in the U.S. for kids - at least that’s a statistic that they care to even look for despite their political issues. Can’t even get a child <12 vaccinated in this country 🙃
October 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Chris Hayes interviewed E Chenoweth for his podcast in May, too, where they dive into it all www.msnbc.com/msnbc-podcas...
Why Is This Happening? Protests, political violence and its alternatives with Erica Chenoweth
Erica Chenoweth, a political scientist at Harvard, joins to discuss historical and contemporary strategies for protesting, democratic backsliding, global comparisons and more.
www.msnbc.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I think even less considered is the children born of ILR parents, kids who just need their citizenship recognised, practically. The govt is still not honouring the Supreme Court case saying charging these kids for citizenship is against their human rights. Another £1k on top per child!
October 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Ohhh at our first library rhyme time the nannies shushed the babies, the mummies chatted, and the daddies read the newspaper
October 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM