Auntie Mel🏳️🌈 she/they universal healthcare now
@knownforms.bsky.social
She/her, they/them. Writer, Researcher. Work in Strange Horizons, Tin House, Electric Lit, and more. I used to do research for Roxane Gay.
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The Get-Get Man
The Get-Get Man travels at night, sharp as a scalpel, dark as soot. He cuts through the yards and streets, slicing and taking what doesn’t make way. They say...
firesidefiction.com
Some of my sort of scary stories still available online to read for free: firesidefiction.com/issue37/chap...
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They fought for our freedom, but now some of those same veterans are being torn from their families and deported.
This is not how we honor their service. On #VeteransDay, we demand justice for our heroes. 🇺🇸
This is not how we honor their service. On #VeteransDay, we demand justice for our heroes. 🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
They fought for our freedom, but now some of those same veterans are being torn from their families and deported.
This is not how we honor their service. On #VeteransDay, we demand justice for our heroes. 🇺🇸
This is not how we honor their service. On #VeteransDay, we demand justice for our heroes. 🇺🇸
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“The Republicans were being blamed for all of this chaos…and yet, days later this this group of Democrats with the tacit support of Chuck Schumer decide that they’re going to end this and cave.”
Calls For Schumer to Step Down Grow as Democrats Cave on Healthcare & Help GOP Pass Funding Bill
We speak to The American Prospect’s David Dayen about what could be the end to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, after seven Democratic Senators and one independent struck a deal with R...
www.democracynow.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“The Republicans were being blamed for all of this chaos…and yet, days later this this group of Democrats with the tacit support of Chuck Schumer decide that they’re going to end this and cave.”
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Across commentary feeds, grassroots mobilizations, and legislative initiatives, their focus on queer communities is explicit.
www.advocate.com/news/anti-lg...
www.advocate.com/news/anti-lg...
12 far-right influencers targeting the LGBTQ+ community
These right-wing extremists have targeted Pride events, DEI programs, and drag queens.
www.advocate.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Across commentary feeds, grassroots mobilizations, and legislative initiatives, their focus on queer communities is explicit.
www.advocate.com/news/anti-lg...
www.advocate.com/news/anti-lg...
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Authors,
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And including a link to buy book or register for event just makes sense.
When sharing pictures of your book or event with no alt-text, it's impossible for people who rely on screen readers to get that info.
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However alt-text is useful for many reasons, which benefit your viewers, as well as you, the creator!
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Authors,
When sharing pictures of your book or event with no alt-text, it's impossible for people who rely on screen readers to get that info.
And people actively searching BSky for the book, topic, or concern won't see it .
And including a link to buy book or register for event just makes sense.
When sharing pictures of your book or event with no alt-text, it's impossible for people who rely on screen readers to get that info.
And people actively searching BSky for the book, topic, or concern won't see it .
And including a link to buy book or register for event just makes sense.
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He thinks he's not the racism. Very funny.
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer
PM attacks ‘toxic division of Reform’ and gives strongest signal yet that two-child benefit cap will be lifted
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UK politics live – latest updates
Decades-old racism is returning to British politics, and “it makes people feel very scared” Keir Starmer has said, warning that divisive hard-right politics was “tearing our country apart”.
Speaking to GP and TV personality Amir Khan, the prime minister accused Nigel Farage’s Reform UK of overseeing a return of the racist and divisive politics “that frankly I thought we had dealt with decades ago”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
He thinks he's not the racism. Very funny.
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He is currently being arrested in the middle of a circle of riot cops.
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
He is currently being arrested in the middle of a circle of riot cops.
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And if we think it’s bad now, imagine what it could look like, say, two months from a U.K. general election?
Could imagine huge sums in US far right cash flooding in, much of what would only be declared after the election (our electoral rules really are a jape)
Could imagine huge sums in US far right cash flooding in, much of what would only be declared after the election (our electoral rules really are a jape)
Be clear, the American far right are coming for British democracy.
November 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
And if we think it’s bad now, imagine what it could look like, say, two months from a U.K. general election?
Could imagine huge sums in US far right cash flooding in, much of what would only be declared after the election (our electoral rules really are a jape)
Could imagine huge sums in US far right cash flooding in, much of what would only be declared after the election (our electoral rules really are a jape)
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Unfortunately, Soso is going to die 😭💔
My little Soso is starving… I have nothing to feed her, and my heart breaks with every tear she sheds.
Please, help me feed my child 🙏😭
Support here: chuffed.org/project/mahm...
My little Soso is starving… I have nothing to feed her, and my heart breaks with every tear she sheds.
Please, help me feed my child 🙏😭
Support here: chuffed.org/project/mahm...
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Unfortunately, Soso is going to die 😭💔
My little Soso is starving… I have nothing to feed her, and my heart breaks with every tear she sheds.
Please, help me feed my child 🙏😭
Support here: chuffed.org/project/mahm...
My little Soso is starving… I have nothing to feed her, and my heart breaks with every tear she sheds.
Please, help me feed my child 🙏😭
Support here: chuffed.org/project/mahm...
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getting away from your fuck ass family.
What is one thing you do to improve your mental health?
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
getting away from your fuck ass family.
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Vancouver had 117 people die during the 2021 heat dome climate disaster.
NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Vancouver had 117 people die during the 2021 heat dome climate disaster.
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If the rest don’t oust Schumer immediately, then the entire U.S. Senate sold us out. They think we’re stupid. It’s insulting.
These 8 Senators sold us out to Trump:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Understand This Fact: Chuck Schumer is behind this. None of these 8 are up for reelection in 2026. Schumer asked them vote yes—they agreed. He's such a coward that he folded and won't even own it.
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Understand This Fact: Chuck Schumer is behind this. None of these 8 are up for reelection in 2026. Schumer asked them vote yes—they agreed. He's such a coward that he folded and won't even own it.
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 AM
If the rest don’t oust Schumer immediately, then the entire U.S. Senate sold us out. They think we’re stupid. It’s insulting.
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Nevermind the administration disappearing people off the streets or murdering Caribbean fishermen or shutting down agencies illegally or declaring war on trans people or openly accepting bribes, Dems picked a fight on health care and couldn't even find the spine for that," the NOAA employee said
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'A Slap in the Face': Federal Employees Feel Betrayed by Democrats' Shutdown Cave
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something."
www.gravityisgone.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Nevermind the administration disappearing people off the streets or murdering Caribbean fishermen or shutting down agencies illegally or declaring war on trans people or openly accepting bribes, Dems picked a fight on health care and couldn't even find the spine for that," the NOAA employee said
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Novels 1-5 revealed to be AI slop results that do not actually exist.
Elon Musk Book Club
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Novels 1-5 revealed to be AI slop results that do not actually exist.
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this somehow feels like some end times shit
More than 15 Senate Democrats join GOP to advance nationwide ban on hemp products, including CBD gummies,
oh the paul amendment is going down 78-22
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
this somehow feels like some end times shit
Elon Musk Book Club
November 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Elon Musk Book Club
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The hilarious thing about the reading list that Elon Musk apparently begged to have publicly posted to prove that he's not, pace Joyce Carol Oates, a subliterate buffoon is that it's just as dreadful as you might expect, and I don't believe he's read any of them anyway.
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The hilarious thing about the reading list that Elon Musk apparently begged to have publicly posted to prove that he's not, pace Joyce Carol Oates, a subliterate buffoon is that it's just as dreadful as you might expect, and I don't believe he's read any of them anyway.
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Ok this made me weep: from Bill Whitaker, see this CBS Morning News 2023 tribute to the legendary #BelvaDavis, the first BW to anchor local TV news in my hometown. She passed away recently, and was honored today in #SF. Ms. Davis inspired me to become a Journalist 🌁 www.cbsnews.com/video/journa...?
Journalist Belva Davis, a trailblazer who "kicked open the door"
In 1967, at a time when there were almost no Black reporters on television, Belva Davis began working at KPIX in San Francisco; she is believed to be the first Black female TV reporter in the western ...
www.cbsnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Ok this made me weep: from Bill Whitaker, see this CBS Morning News 2023 tribute to the legendary #BelvaDavis, the first BW to anchor local TV news in my hometown. She passed away recently, and was honored today in #SF. Ms. Davis inspired me to become a Journalist 🌁 www.cbsnews.com/video/journa...?
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Seattle's Mamdani is winning by an absurdly small margin over our incumbent mayor, who once pulled a gun on a pregnant woman in a parking lot.
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Seattle's Mamdani is winning by an absurdly small margin over our incumbent mayor, who once pulled a gun on a pregnant woman in a parking lot.
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
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“If Schumer really wanted to use his considerable influence and leverage to stop this, he could have done that,” a senior Democratic Senate aide tells Zeteo. “He didn’t.”
Furious Liberals Call for Schumer to Step Aside, Senate Dems Mostly Quiet
After their shutdown surrender, liberal lawmakers are begging their base to unite behind them anyway – as Trumpland celebrates that their opposition is a bunch of 'p*ssies.'
zeteo.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
“If Schumer really wanted to use his considerable influence and leverage to stop this, he could have done that,” a senior Democratic Senate aide tells Zeteo. “He didn’t.”
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Eight months ago, Katie Wilson declared her intention to run and all the conventional powers-that-be said she didn't stand a chance of winning.
Remember that we don't always know what is possible.
Remember that we don't always know what is possible.
Wilson now leads in the Seattle mayoral race by 91 votes. Prior to today, Harrell had been leading by 4,300 votes, but this latest vote batch netted Wilson 4,391 votes.
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Eight months ago, Katie Wilson declared her intention to run and all the conventional powers-that-be said she didn't stand a chance of winning.
Remember that we don't always know what is possible.
Remember that we don't always know what is possible.
Thank you @governor.ny.gov MORE OF THIS
Interesting that NY gov Kathy Hochul felt compelled to put out a statement against Dems' deal to end the shutdown
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Thank you @governor.ny.gov MORE OF THIS
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Because this is a brand-destroying action by Senate Dems.
Interesting that NY gov Kathy Hochul felt compelled to put out a statement against Dems' deal to end the shutdown
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Because this is a brand-destroying action by Senate Dems.
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“Despite his no vote, the entire political world knows this is a direct result of @schumer.senate.gov’s leadership … He either blessed this surrender, or was incapable of leading his caucus to hold the line.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Angry Democrats call on Schumer to resign after eight vote to end shutdown
Some lawmakers and progressive groups blame minority leader after eight senators defect
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
“Despite his no vote, the entire political world knows this is a direct result of @schumer.senate.gov’s leadership … He either blessed this surrender, or was incapable of leading his caucus to hold the line.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I don’t care who you are, the one thing that links all of the -isms and bigotries together and sets them on fire is eugenics and ableism.
They’ve been playing you all the entire time. There is no progress in this country for ANYTHING without equity for disabled people.
They’ve been playing you all the entire time. There is no progress in this country for ANYTHING without equity for disabled people.
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I don’t care who you are, the one thing that links all of the -isms and bigotries together and sets them on fire is eugenics and ableism.
They’ve been playing you all the entire time. There is no progress in this country for ANYTHING without equity for disabled people.
They’ve been playing you all the entire time. There is no progress in this country for ANYTHING without equity for disabled people.
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Can’t wait to be added to three more Zionist scum blocklists for daring to suggest that maybe AIPAC isn’t as powerful as, say, the Christian extremist family who owns Uline.
Uline Is Funding Election Deniers. Why Aren’t More People Worried About This? - The Root
A new report by Propublica reveals the shipping giant gives money to those who are "spreading election falsehoods."
www.theroot.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Can’t wait to be added to three more Zionist scum blocklists for daring to suggest that maybe AIPAC isn’t as powerful as, say, the Christian extremist family who owns Uline.