Mel (none/she/they)
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Mel (none/she/they)
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Librarian. Cat lover. Queer. Disabled.
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When you have ARFID and take the food test...
Top heading reads: "IDRlabs.com Individual Differences Research. Second heading reads: Food Choice Test. Third heading reads: Results:. Then there is a circle divided into five slices each with five levels inside. From to left the headings over the slices read: "Upper Class, Upper Middle Class, Middle Class, Lower Middle Class, and Lower Class." My results are almost three levels in the Lower Class slice, and roughly 1/3rd of Lower Middle Class and Upper Middle Class. Text at the bottom reads: "Your food choices resemble those of the lower class (53.57%)."
June 30, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Happy Pride!!!

(Trying really hard not to think about *gestures around* everything.... Today is for rest. Tomorrow I'll pick up the fight again).
Slice of cake on a white plate. From bottom to top with white icing in between, the cake layers are: a plum-like faded purple, an orange-y pink, yellow, and a bright, lime green. The top is white icing with rainbow sprinkles and a twirl of icing on the left. Behind the cake is a person in a rainbow dress.
June 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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My first rescued turtle of the year!!! I always stop to help them across the road, but I haven't seen any (that I could help) until today!!! I was worried my accident would stop me from one of my favorite things, but it didn't.
Yellow and brown spotted Eastern Box Turtle in some grass. Yellow and brown spotted Eastern Box Turtle in some grass. You can also see Mel's black left shoe.
May 30, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Be more like Jesus.
Social media post by Mika Edmondson @mika_edmondson: "In Matthew 25, Jesus describes true converts as being marked by a peculiar empathy toward the poor, marginalized, and incarcerated. But he describes false converts as being outwardly religious but marked by a peculiar callousness toward the poor, marginalized, and incarcerated."
May 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Added alt text.
Elderly white masculine Navy veteran wearing glasses, a tan uniform, black Navy hat, with a cane and white bag stands beside a grey stone tablet. The tablet is carved with black words reading: "In memory of atheists in foxholes and the countless freethinkers who have served this country with honor and distinction. Presented with hope that in the future humankind may learn to avoid all war. The National Freedom from Religion Foundation. Dedicated October 9, 2015"
May 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Cute little Pickerel frog I check on every night.
Light brown frog with black spots sitting in grass. Frog is roughly the size of three adult human fingers.
May 24, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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It's Monday, so here's a cute Dust Bunny who really missed me. 🥰
Fluffy orange and white cat laying on a beige carpet with red and purple embroidered flowers with green petals. The cat is looking up at Mel. You can see Mel's right leg in a blue compression sock and rainbow tennis shoe. There's also a mountain dew code red soda in a bottle behind the cat.
May 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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#GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay
Mel, white person with green hair pulled back in a ponytail, is sitting in a beach wheelchair on the sand. Mel is wearing bright blue swim trunks and a black swim top with a blue and green Hawaiian shirt and sunglasses.
May 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Added alt text.
Ice-T on the left, Trump on the right. Below them is a quote from Ice-T: "I can't believe people are comparing Trump to Satan. Yes, he's evil, but he's certainly not as evil as Trump..."
April 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Look at this adorable little bee! 🐝
White clover patch with a cute bumblebee visiting the white flower. White clover patch with a cute bumblebee visiting the white flower.
April 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Happy #EarthDay from some cool #nature around my house.

#iris #flowers #BloomScrolling #herp #herps #frog #frogs #bird #birds #BirdNest #BirdEggs
Dark purple iris with a reddish center with yellow-white beard with rain drops on the top of the flower. Dark brown frog with two tan strips and many darker brown and black spots. Frog is roughly three inches long. It's sitting on the black tarp covering an old hot tub converted into a pond. Four light pink tiny eggs with darker pink or red spots. They are nestled in a deep hole of dirt and pine straw in a giant aloe pot. Eggs are maybe half an inch or possibly three-quarters of an inch. Very small light brown frog with a bright green stripe in the middle. It's about an inch long. It's sitting on a light grey concrete walkway. There's some bright green clover grass at the top of the image.
April 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Got a chance to see Raleigh's Freedom Park! It's very moving.
Light reddish-brown park wall with words inscribed in it. "'That audacious belief of our people that in the most ordinary men and women there reside the most extraordinary possibilities and that if we keep the doors of opportunity open to them, they will amaze us with their achievements' James E. Shepard (1875-1947) President, NC College for Negros". Grey concrete walkway leading to a 45 foot tall golden statue, named "The Beacon of Freedom". It's two thin pillars forming a v-like shape. To me it evokes a flame, or torch. On both sides are light reddish-brown park walls with words inscribed in them. On the right wall it says "My father passed the torch to me, which I have never let go out" (quote of Lyda Moore Merrick). Behind the wall are large, very green trees. The sky is a vibrant blue with some wispy clouds. Grey concrete walkway in front of a light reddish-brown park wall with words inscribed in it. "'It has taken me almost a lifetime to discover that true emancipation lies in the acceptance of the whole past, in deriving my strength from all my roots, in facing up to the degradation as well as the dignity of my ancestors. Pauli Murray (1910-1985) Attorney, Episcopal Priest, Civil Rights..." The text is cut off in the photo. "'I can't breathe.' George Floyd (1973-2020) Born in Fayetteville, NC. Killed by police in Minneapolis, MN, May 25, 2020." Grey concrete walkway in front of a light reddish-brown park wall with those words inscribed in it. There's the edge of a bench in the lower right corner.
April 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Thank you Raleigh, NC! Keep fighting!
Mel, a white person with green and blue hair wearing a green T-shirt with white long sleeves and jeans. Mel is on a small black and silver mobility scooter. She is holding a white sign with a glittery rainbow border. The text reads "We the people". "We" is in black, "the" is in brown, and the six letters of "people" is in rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple). There is also a trans pride flag (blue, pink, white, pink, blue). Right beside them is a yellow smiley face balloon. Behind Mel is a crowd of mostly white, 20-60 year-olds, with signs. The only legible one says "Allison Riggs won the election fair & square". White protest sign with a glittery rainbow border. The text reads "We the people". "We" is in black, "the" is in brown, and the six letters of "people" is in rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple). There is also a trans pride flag (blue, pink, white, pink, blue).
April 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Psycho wears his heart on his sleeve. 💕
Close up of an orange and white cat with a mostly white leg except an orange spot near his outer shoulder that looks quite a bit like a heart.
April 16, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Look at my grandma-in-law's beautiful iris!!! #BloomScrolling #Iris #Flowers #Spring
One bloomed iris that has three purple petals curling downwards and three white petals curled up with yellow and orange pieces inside. There are also three purple buds still all wrapped up and flat green leaves. One bloomed iris that has three purple petals curling downwards and three white petals curled up with yellow and orange pieces inside.
April 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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I finally put my accessibility sticker on my accessibility scooter! I freaking LOVE this little scooter.
Mel's black and silver mobility scooter in her office. Mel put their sticker on the back. Sticker description in second image since it's not very visible in this photo. Close up of the back part of the seat on Mel's scooter. It's black with a white, vaguely heart shaped sticker on it. In the center in rainbow letters is "accessibility is a human right". Around the outside of the heart are various symbols of accessibility in black and white. From the lower center to the left around the heart the symbols are: an eye with a large diagonal slash through the center and smaller slashes on the left, an outline of a human head with a black brain, a human figure with a white cane, a computer tablet with a speech bubble on it, an ear with a hearing aid, a circle split in half black on the left and white on the right with a human figured the opposite colors, an infinity symbol, the ASL symbol (two "F" hand shapes one rotated 180 degrees, a black rectangle with three vertical caret characters, a person in a wheelchair, and the dyslexia symbol: a black circle with four equal smaller circles inside.
April 9, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Here's a few pictures of the bees.
Large bumblebee flying around purple wisteria. Large bumblebees flying around purple wisteria. Large bumblebee flying around purple wisteria.
April 5, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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#Bumblebees!
April 5, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Day 1: Pink hair and excitement.
5 years: Green to blue hair and excitement despite it all.

I love my library job! ☺️
White person standing in front of a wood door and a beige wall with a grey sign saying "Adult Services". They have pink shoulder length hair, rainbow glasses, a round face with a big smile, and are wearing a blue dress with white lettering depicting the Dewey Decimal System. White person standing in front of an open office and a beige wall with a grey sign saying "Adult Services". They have green and blue hair parted to the right and shaved on the left, rainbow glasses, an oval face with a big smile, and are wearing a blue dress with white lettering depicting the Dewey Decimal System.
April 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Refreshing my color part 1!
Very messy mostly blond hair with mint blue and greens on a white person wearing a charcoal grey shirt. There's a blue towel behind their head. Bright blond hair with mint blue and green ends swept back over a blue towel.
March 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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I crocheted a strap that has a pretty large hole at one end, a small hole at the other, and a button to keep it secure. I got the bottom attached by unscrewing the cane. The other side is pulled through a key ring that is attached to the handle of my cane. I hope the pictures help!
Close up of the black handle of a bright blue cane. There's a crocheted strap of purples, blues, and white going through the key ring attached to the top (handle). Mel's hand is holding the strap. Mel is holding a purple, blue, and white crocheted strap with a black button holding it in a loop through the key ring attached to the top of the cane. Mel holding a purple, blue, pink, and white crocheted strap with a black button. Bright blue cane going through a pink, blue, purple, and white crocheted strap.
March 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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So many of you wonderful people have been posting beautiful daffodils, but mine haven't bloomed yet so here's some cute purple flowers in my yard. #bloomscroll
Tiny light pink/lavender flower near a three leaf clover in some grass. Four purple flowers in a bed of green leaves in grass.
March 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Accessorizing my walking boot! Mobility aids can be cute as well as practical and helpful.
Grey walking boot with a sticker on the toes. (Second image describes sticker) Close up of the top of my grey walking boot. White sticker with flowers around a pink center that reads "You can do this" in black cursive.
March 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Why gauges are important! Same yarn, same knitter, different needles (US 9 vs. US 3). #Knitting
Two knit dice bags, left one at least 1.5 times bigger than the right. The one on the left is white on top fading into a light blue. The one on the right is a light blue fading into a sky blue.
March 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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My sweet baby boy! #CatsOfBluesky
Orange and white short hair cat curled up on a light blue pillow enjoying the sunlight.
March 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM