Melissa
@lissame72.bsky.social
AuDHD, queer, anti-racist. Gen X. Reader, baker, knitter, sci-fi lover. She/her/hers. I (still) believe in people.
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Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
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I shouldn't be shocked, but I'm still always brought up short to realize how many people think "civility" means "white people speaking in relatively calm voices" no matter what vile shit they say.
September 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I shouldn't be shocked, but I'm still always brought up short to realize how many people think "civility" means "white people speaking in relatively calm voices" no matter what vile shit they say.
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wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either.
www.nytimes.com
September 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend
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FUCK ME DO NOT DESCRIBE TRUMP'S PLANS IN THE HEADLINES WITHOUT NOTING THEY ARE ILLEGAL.
August 26, 2025 at 12:56 AM
FUCK ME DO NOT DESCRIBE TRUMP'S PLANS IN THE HEADLINES WITHOUT NOTING THEY ARE ILLEGAL.
Who wants to join me for a good ol’ fashioned flag-burning party?
Trump signs order to criminally charge those who burn US flag in protest
US president attempts to circumvent 1989 supreme court decision which said flag burning is protected speech
www.theguardian.com
August 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Who wants to join me for a good ol’ fashioned flag-burning party?
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i give it a year tops before some administration account is tweeting pro-slavery propaganda
The official DHS account is now tweeting about “your homeland’s heritage”
July 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
i give it a year tops before some administration account is tweeting pro-slavery propaganda
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Almost as if it wasn’t a good idea for democrats to join in on the anti-covid rhetoric to the point that it overwhelmed policy based on science, almost as if that was exactly the plan.
Over 120 mRNA cancer trials are now at risk as the Trump admin cuts funding & tells researchers to scrub “mRNA” from grant proposals.
What started as COVID fearmongering is now derailing life-saving cancer research.
Hope remains - but scientists say time is running out.
zurl.co/YBGNy
What started as COVID fearmongering is now derailing life-saving cancer research.
Hope remains - but scientists say time is running out.
zurl.co/YBGNy
‘Tremendous uncertainty’ for cancer research as US officials target mRNA vaccines
Amid Trump cuts and state-level backlash, experts worry that progress in messenger RNA vaccines could stall
zurl.co
July 15, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Almost as if it wasn’t a good idea for democrats to join in on the anti-covid rhetoric to the point that it overwhelmed policy based on science, almost as if that was exactly the plan.
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July 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Don’t send me an unsolicited picture of your peewee cocktapus unless you want me to…
A: find your mom’s Facebook
B: find a picture she uploaded of you reminiscing about what a nice young man you were
C: badly photoshop that into a locket
D: convince you I’m your daughter.
Happy Father’s Day Daddy.
A: find your mom’s Facebook
B: find a picture she uploaded of you reminiscing about what a nice young man you were
C: badly photoshop that into a locket
D: convince you I’m your daughter.
Happy Father’s Day Daddy.
June 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Don’t send me an unsolicited picture of your peewee cocktapus unless you want me to…
A: find your mom’s Facebook
B: find a picture she uploaded of you reminiscing about what a nice young man you were
C: badly photoshop that into a locket
D: convince you I’m your daughter.
Happy Father’s Day Daddy.
A: find your mom’s Facebook
B: find a picture she uploaded of you reminiscing about what a nice young man you were
C: badly photoshop that into a locket
D: convince you I’m your daughter.
Happy Father’s Day Daddy.
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When I heard the mom of a trans girl say the night her daughter came out to her was the first time she'd ever seen her child happy, I knew it was a story I needed to share.
These are the stories the public isn't hearing. An honor to get to report on 3 family's journeys for @teenvogue.com.
These are the stories the public isn't hearing. An honor to get to report on 3 family's journeys for @teenvogue.com.
Why These Trans Teens and Their Families Risked Everything to Get Gender-Affirming Care
It’s as simple as love.
www.teenvogue.com
June 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
When I heard the mom of a trans girl say the night her daughter came out to her was the first time she'd ever seen her child happy, I knew it was a story I needed to share.
These are the stories the public isn't hearing. An honor to get to report on 3 family's journeys for @teenvogue.com.
These are the stories the public isn't hearing. An honor to get to report on 3 family's journeys for @teenvogue.com.
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1. I spend a lot of time talking about transgender youth healthcare with people who are uncertain about it.
A large number of my readers are politically moderate and trying to learn.
Today, I laid out my case against bans for my readers who fit that mold.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
A large number of my readers are politically moderate and trying to learn.
Today, I laid out my case against bans for my readers who fit that mold.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
The Moderate Case Against Trans Youth Healthcare Bans
The disinformation on transgender youth healthcare is extreme, and many people hold weakly held opinions on that care. I talk about how to move the needle with those who are uncertain.
www.erininthemorning.com
June 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
1. I spend a lot of time talking about transgender youth healthcare with people who are uncertain about it.
A large number of my readers are politically moderate and trying to learn.
Today, I laid out my case against bans for my readers who fit that mold.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
A large number of my readers are politically moderate and trying to learn.
Today, I laid out my case against bans for my readers who fit that mold.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
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WTH? Did I miss something?
May 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
WTH? Did I miss something?
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You’re allowed to argue that black people and women are genetically inferior. But you’re NOT allowed to argue they are NOT inferior because that’s divisive. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...
May 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
You’re allowed to argue that black people and women are genetically inferior. But you’re NOT allowed to argue they are NOT inferior because that’s divisive. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...
It’s honeysuckle season! This year’s lineup: jelly and lemonade in addition to the classic sorbet.
May 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
It’s honeysuckle season! This year’s lineup: jelly and lemonade in addition to the classic sorbet.
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They have and are literally doing things in every box. This isn't just journalistic failure by the NYT, it is disinformation.
Currently on the front page of the New York Times.
April 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
They have and are literally doing things in every box. This isn't just journalistic failure by the NYT, it is disinformation.
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The ideal of masculinity: destroying things other people built, whining about it, blaming someone else.
April 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The ideal of masculinity: destroying things other people built, whining about it, blaming someone else.
We had a HUGE crowd in Durham!
April 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
We had a HUGE crowd in Durham!
“The new head of the FDA division that oversees baby formula is a corporate lawyer who previously defended Abbott against a lawsuit.”
NEW: “Persistent leaks” and “unaddressed contamination issues” are among the problems workers say they witnessed at one of the nation’s largest baby formula plants.
“I can’t have this on my conscience,” one told ProPublica.
By @heathervogell.bsky.social
“I can’t have this on my conscience,” one told ProPublica.
By @heathervogell.bsky.social
Unsanitary Practices Persist at Baby Formula Factory Whose Shutdown Led to Mass Shortages, Workers Say
“Persistent leaks” and “unaddressed contamination issues” are among the problems workers say they witnessed at one of the nation’s largest baby formula plants. “I can’t have this on my conscience,”…
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April 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
“The new head of the FDA division that oversees baby formula is a corporate lawyer who previously defended Abbott against a lawsuit.”
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If Vladimir Putin had a plan to foul our air and water, wreck public health and drive America over the cliff of irreversible lethal climate change, it would look exactly like Lee Zeldin’s plan. This is a plan for self-inflicted environmental disaster.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump’s environmental rule-shredding will put lives at risk, ex-EPA heads say
Former agency leaders, including two Republicans, say rollbacks by Lee Zeldin could cause ‘severe harms’
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
If Vladimir Putin had a plan to foul our air and water, wreck public health and drive America over the cliff of irreversible lethal climate change, it would look exactly like Lee Zeldin’s plan. This is a plan for self-inflicted environmental disaster.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Musk's "joke" calling Social Security recipients "vampires" reveals a lot: He sees retirees as parasites who don't deserve economic security.
That's why he's going after Social Security. Trump's lies should fool no one on this front.
www.salon.com/2025/03/18/e...
That's why he's going after Social Security. Trump's lies should fool no one on this front.
www.salon.com/2025/03/18/e...
"Vampires": Musk's war on Social Security is fueled by Republicans' view of retired people's value
Terms like "fraud," "scam," and "definitely dead" are how the DOGE leader demonizes elderly people
www.salon.com
March 18, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Musk's "joke" calling Social Security recipients "vampires" reveals a lot: He sees retirees as parasites who don't deserve economic security.
That's why he's going after Social Security. Trump's lies should fool no one on this front.
www.salon.com/2025/03/18/e...
That's why he's going after Social Security. Trump's lies should fool no one on this front.
www.salon.com/2025/03/18/e...
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They're moving to classify constitutionally protected speech as terrorism. This is a five alarm fire.
BREAKING: The US Justice Department is examining whether student protests at Columbia University over the genocide in Gaza violated federal terrorism laws, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said today.
March 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
They're moving to classify constitutionally protected speech as terrorism. This is a five alarm fire.