John Melmoth
@johnmelmoth.bsky.social
Climate. Health. Justice. And a side of fandom.
Settler on Turtle Island. Any non-dehumanizing pronoun will do.
Settler on Turtle Island. Any non-dehumanizing pronoun will do.
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On this day in 1989, an armed gunman murdered 14 women at École Polytechnique de Montréal. Another ten women and four men were injured.
The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually on Dec. 6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually on Dec. 6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
December 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
On this day in 1989, an armed gunman murdered 14 women at École Polytechnique de Montréal. Another ten women and four men were injured.
The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually on Dec. 6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually on Dec. 6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
Good on you NYC 💙
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Good on you NYC 💙
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We’re still crowdfunding and we’re only at 17% we’d love to make Season Two and we can’t do it without you. Please help us make this a reality!
I NEED season 2 of @theholmwoodfnd.bsky.social! Everyone go check out their kickstarter!
The Holmwood Foundation - Season Two
Season Two of the horror-fiction audio drama about possession, queer identity, and Dracula's severed head!
www.kickstarter.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
We’re still crowdfunding and we’re only at 17% we’d love to make Season Two and we can’t do it without you. Please help us make this a reality!
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Just your annual reminder to raise a glass to Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov who on this date in 1983 saved your life when he decided to wait for evidence in stead of passing on the message that could have caused armageddon.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_So...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_So...
September 26, 2024 at 5:36 AM
Just your annual reminder to raise a glass to Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov who on this date in 1983 saved your life when he decided to wait for evidence in stead of passing on the message that could have caused armageddon.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_So...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_So...
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the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.
September 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.
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i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended
Some good news for the timeline. Hopefully this leads to an effective therapy.
Replenishing the brain’s natural stores of lithium can protect against and even reverse Alzheimer’s disease
go.nature.com/3Jn8v7u
go.nature.com/3Jn8v7u
New hope for Alzheimer’s: lithium supplement reverses memory loss in mice
Studies in rodents and humans suggest that low levels of the metal contribute to cognitive decline.
go.nature.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Some good news for the timeline. Hopefully this leads to an effective therapy.
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Bezalel Smotrich on French, British, Canadian recognition of a Palestinian state: "we just need to make sure there's nothing to recognise" (30 July 25)
August 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Bezalel Smotrich on French, British, Canadian recognition of a Palestinian state: "we just need to make sure there's nothing to recognise" (30 July 25)
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Ottawa’s first-ever office-to-transitional-housing conversion opened today at 230 Queen Street.
This beautiful space will house 140 people, primarily refugees and asylum seekers who need a safe place to land.
This beautiful space will house 140 people, primarily refugees and asylum seekers who need a safe place to land.
July 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Ottawa’s first-ever office-to-transitional-housing conversion opened today at 230 Queen Street.
This beautiful space will house 140 people, primarily refugees and asylum seekers who need a safe place to land.
This beautiful space will house 140 people, primarily refugees and asylum seekers who need a safe place to land.
Since we can all use some, some good news today.
BREAKING NEWS. Alberta Court of King’s Bench grants injunction preventing Alberta Government from banning gender-affirmative care for minors citing “irreparable harm will be caused if the Ban comes into force.”
A victory for human rights and trans youth! 🏳️⚧️
A victory for human rights and trans youth! 🏳️⚧️
June 27, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Since we can all use some, some good news today.
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The Canadian government needs to do a massive PSA blitz telling people that genAI lies and the results from ChatGPT and all the other slop machines cannot be trusted, at all.
The time has come to bring back the house hippo.
The time has come to bring back the house hippo.
May 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The Canadian government needs to do a massive PSA blitz telling people that genAI lies and the results from ChatGPT and all the other slop machines cannot be trusted, at all.
The time has come to bring back the house hippo.
The time has come to bring back the house hippo.
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With brilliant chess moves like this it’s a wonder David Zaslav hasn’t yet been asked to join the Trump Administration.
I never actually stopped calling it that so I feel vindicated in my persistence and/or laziness
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
HBO Max Lives! Max to Change Its Name Back After Two Years
Guess who's back? Back again? The HBO in HBO Max will return this summer, two years after Warner Bros. Discovery dropped it from the streamer's name.
variety.com
May 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
With brilliant chess moves like this it’s a wonder David Zaslav hasn’t yet been asked to join the Trump Administration.
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There’s a measles outbreak in the Canadian province of Ontario that’s twice the size of the one in Texas.
Over 1000 people are sick.
Why isn’t this getting more media attention? People need to be informed of the risk & how to protect themselves.
Vaccinate, wear a respirator, isolate when sick.
Over 1000 people are sick.
Why isn’t this getting more media attention? People need to be informed of the risk & how to protect themselves.
Vaccinate, wear a respirator, isolate when sick.
May 1, 2025 at 5:16 AM
There’s a measles outbreak in the Canadian province of Ontario that’s twice the size of the one in Texas.
Over 1000 people are sick.
Why isn’t this getting more media attention? People need to be informed of the risk & how to protect themselves.
Vaccinate, wear a respirator, isolate when sick.
Over 1000 people are sick.
Why isn’t this getting more media attention? People need to be informed of the risk & how to protect themselves.
Vaccinate, wear a respirator, isolate when sick.
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GOOD MORNING TO THE VOTERS OF CARLETON SPECIFICALLY
April 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
GOOD MORNING TO THE VOTERS OF CARLETON SPECIFICALLY
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scha·den·freu·de
/ˈSHädənˌfroidə/
noun
pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune
/ˈSHädənˌfroidə/
noun
pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune
April 29, 2025 at 10:09 AM
scha·den·freu·de
/ˈSHädənˌfroidə/
noun
pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune
/ˈSHädənˌfroidə/
noun
pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune
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Trump brings up "Governor Trudeau" and says, "I have to be honest. As a state, it works great. As a nation ... why are we spending $200 billion? It doesn't make sense."
April 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Trump brings up "Governor Trudeau" and says, "I have to be honest. As a state, it works great. As a nation ... why are we spending $200 billion? It doesn't make sense."
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You normally will never see me suggest voting other than Liberal
But please Saanich-Gulf Islands please don't split the vote. Vote Elizabeth May. Vote Green here
But please Saanich-Gulf Islands please don't split the vote. Vote Elizabeth May. Vote Green here
April 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
You normally will never see me suggest voting other than Liberal
But please Saanich-Gulf Islands please don't split the vote. Vote Elizabeth May. Vote Green here
But please Saanich-Gulf Islands please don't split the vote. Vote Elizabeth May. Vote Green here
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📢 The Internet Archive needs your help.
At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
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At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
🧵⬇️
April 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
📢 The Internet Archive needs your help.
At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
🧵⬇️
At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
🧵⬇️
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The world is literally and figuratively burning. We're on the cusp of a third world war. We're facing historic income disparities; the revival of once eradicated diseases.
But the West is going full court press against trans women?!
Proof that you can't separate transphobia from fascism.
But the West is going full court press against trans women?!
Proof that you can't separate transphobia from fascism.
British Supreme Court unanimously rules legal definition of a 'woman' excludes trans women's identities | CBC News
The United Kingdom's top court on Wednesday upheld an appeal by the campaign group For Women Scotland on whether transgender women are legally women under equality legislation.
www.cbc.ca
April 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The world is literally and figuratively burning. We're on the cusp of a third world war. We're facing historic income disparities; the revival of once eradicated diseases.
But the West is going full court press against trans women?!
Proof that you can't separate transphobia from fascism.
But the West is going full court press against trans women?!
Proof that you can't separate transphobia from fascism.
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Catching up on a few things I haven’t had a chance to clip yet — did you know Poilievre, speaking in French, called UNWRA terrorists and said he’d stop giving any funding to them????
Absolutely horrifying position given UNWRA’s integral role in providing humanitarian aid to the region.
Absolutely horrifying position given UNWRA’s integral role in providing humanitarian aid to the region.
April 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Catching up on a few things I haven’t had a chance to clip yet — did you know Poilievre, speaking in French, called UNWRA terrorists and said he’d stop giving any funding to them????
Absolutely horrifying position given UNWRA’s integral role in providing humanitarian aid to the region.
Absolutely horrifying position given UNWRA’s integral role in providing humanitarian aid to the region.
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We're very excited to announce journalists @rachelgilmore.bsky.social and Emily Baron Cadloff are teaming up with National Observer staff for a biweekly election fact-checking segment.
First post coming tomorrow! Follow for updates.
First post coming tomorrow! Follow for updates.
April 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
We're very excited to announce journalists @rachelgilmore.bsky.social and Emily Baron Cadloff are teaming up with National Observer staff for a biweekly election fact-checking segment.
First post coming tomorrow! Follow for updates.
First post coming tomorrow! Follow for updates.
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A reminder : Registering to vote is an OPTION in Canada - not a requirement!
Your voice matters. Your vote matters.
Exercise your democratic rights in the safest way you can!
Your voice matters. Your vote matters.
Exercise your democratic rights in the safest way you can!
The Canadian federal election is officially happening on April 28 🗳️
You will see lots of messaging about registering to vote, but that is a choice - not a necessity.
If being on the registry is a safety concern for you, you can just show up with ID and vote on the spot. It's your right!
You will see lots of messaging about registering to vote, but that is a choice - not a necessity.
If being on the registry is a safety concern for you, you can just show up with ID and vote on the spot. It's your right!
April 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A reminder : Registering to vote is an OPTION in Canada - not a requirement!
Your voice matters. Your vote matters.
Exercise your democratic rights in the safest way you can!
Your voice matters. Your vote matters.
Exercise your democratic rights in the safest way you can!
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Really incredible to have CTV, an entire broadcast news outlet, say they 'don't have the bandwidth' to deal with the type of harassment that Rachel Gilmore deals with as an individual journalist all the time.
NEW: CTV cancelled a fact-checking segment in response to political pressure from Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives
An audio recording obtained by PressProgress shows CTV cancelled an ‘election misinformation’ segment with journalist Rachel Gilmore after online backlash from conservatives
An audio recording obtained by PressProgress shows CTV cancelled an ‘election misinformation’ segment with journalist Rachel Gilmore after online backlash from conservatives
CTV Cancelled a Fact-Checking Segment in Response to Political Pressure From Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives
Audio recording shows CTV cancelled an ‘election misinformation’ segment with journalist Rachel Gilmore after online backlash from conservatives
pressprogress.ca
April 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Really incredible to have CTV, an entire broadcast news outlet, say they 'don't have the bandwidth' to deal with the type of harassment that Rachel Gilmore deals with as an individual journalist all the time.
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Solidarity with the people of Kalaallit Nunaat. As settler Canadians, we must support and affirm Indigenous sovereignty and the Kalaallit, just like the Nunavummiut in Nunavut self-govern their lands after centuries of colonization. Now the US wants to implement American colonization there 😡
As a Canadian, Trump's rhetoric has been infuriating, insulting, unsettling.
But we are many, many times the size of Greenland and Trump's threats are many, many orders more specific towards Greenland than us.
The people of Greenland need our support.
But we are many, many times the size of Greenland and Trump's threats are many, many orders more specific towards Greenland than us.
The people of Greenland need our support.
March 29, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Solidarity with the people of Kalaallit Nunaat. As settler Canadians, we must support and affirm Indigenous sovereignty and the Kalaallit, just like the Nunavummiut in Nunavut self-govern their lands after centuries of colonization. Now the US wants to implement American colonization there 😡