Mel Myers
@mandm60.bsky.social
I get paid to read and write. A professional word nerd.
World POV: Live is good. Nobody said it was going to be easy.
World POV: Live is good. Nobody said it was going to be easy.
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Teen Vogue continues to be a goddamn treasure and I will fight anyone who says otherwise.
Here are some tips for ways to “show up” when you aren’t able to show up in person, as well as suggestions for all of us for building more inclusive movements for social justice and human rights.
How to Protest If You're Disabled And Can't Show Up at Rallies
Tips and tricks to help you resist.
www.teenvogue.com
June 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Teen Vogue continues to be a goddamn treasure and I will fight anyone who says otherwise.
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Charlotte: Naked Emperor Parade and March” - sign up now to join me! #commoncause www.mobilize.us/commoncause/...
NO KINGS Charlotte: Naked Emperor Parade and March · Common Cause
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...
www.mobilize.us
May 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Charlotte: Naked Emperor Parade and March” - sign up now to join me! #commoncause www.mobilize.us/commoncause/...
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GOP may not want to let people vote who will vote against them
April 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
GOP may not want to let people vote who will vote against them
Do any of my fellow alums of the Iowa English program or Writers Workshop know anyone at UT?
Looking for anyone who has connections to UT Austin’s creative writing department…message me or my Signal is JSweetLI.61
March 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Do any of my fellow alums of the Iowa English program or Writers Workshop know anyone at UT?
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1. Amazingly prolific and important columnist deserving of much more respect.
2. Spiking is one thing — it’s their paper, so they can make stupid decisions all day long — but not explaining the spike to someone like her is chickenshit move of an inept leader.
3. They don’t care.
4. Call me, Jeff.
2. Spiking is one thing — it’s their paper, so they can make stupid decisions all day long — but not explaining the spike to someone like her is chickenshit move of an inept leader.
3. They don’t care.
4. Call me, Jeff.
In a note to colleagues, WaPo’s Ruth Marcus says she resigned from the paper after CEO Will Lewis killed a column she wrote expressing concern about the direction of the paper’s opinion section
March 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
1. Amazingly prolific and important columnist deserving of much more respect.
2. Spiking is one thing — it’s their paper, so they can make stupid decisions all day long — but not explaining the spike to someone like her is chickenshit move of an inept leader.
3. They don’t care.
4. Call me, Jeff.
2. Spiking is one thing — it’s their paper, so they can make stupid decisions all day long — but not explaining the spike to someone like her is chickenshit move of an inept leader.
3. They don’t care.
4. Call me, Jeff.
Scathing letter from Caroline Kennedy to senators on cousin RFK.
“... siblings and cousins who Bobby encouraged down the path of substance abuse suffered addiction, illness and death while Bobby has gone on to misrepresent, lie and cheat his way through life,” Ms. Kennedy wrote.
“... siblings and cousins who Bobby encouraged down the path of substance abuse suffered addiction, illness and death while Bobby has gone on to misrepresent, lie and cheat his way through life,” Ms. Kennedy wrote.
January 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Scathing letter from Caroline Kennedy to senators on cousin RFK.
“... siblings and cousins who Bobby encouraged down the path of substance abuse suffered addiction, illness and death while Bobby has gone on to misrepresent, lie and cheat his way through life,” Ms. Kennedy wrote.
“... siblings and cousins who Bobby encouraged down the path of substance abuse suffered addiction, illness and death while Bobby has gone on to misrepresent, lie and cheat his way through life,” Ms. Kennedy wrote.
I can only hope Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde and Rev. Kathleen Moore are the first of many ministers who choose not to be silent and speak truth to power.
Christian Nationalism is not how most Christians were raised.
open.substack.com/pub/lettersf...
Christian Nationalism is not how most Christians were raised.
open.substack.com/pub/lettersf...
Preach it, Bishop!
A Letter from Iowan Kathleen Moore
open.substack.com
January 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I can only hope Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde and Rev. Kathleen Moore are the first of many ministers who choose not to be silent and speak truth to power.
Christian Nationalism is not how most Christians were raised.
open.substack.com/pub/lettersf...
Christian Nationalism is not how most Christians were raised.
open.substack.com/pub/lettersf...
Democracy also dies with censorship.
Please share this cartoon far and wide so that everyone sees it, from cartoonist Ann Telnaes: Why I'm quitting the Washington Post open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
open.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Democracy also dies with censorship.
And here we are.
December 21, 2024 at 6:01 PM
And here we are.
I just can't anymore.
"Appeasement is feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last."
Looking at you NY Times, Washington Post, LA Times, CNN, Joe & Mika, ABC News...
Looking at you NY Times, Washington Post, LA Times, CNN, Joe & Mika, ABC News...
December 15, 2024 at 3:46 PM
I just can't anymore.
So much for the Fourth Estate being a pillar of democracy.
I wrote about how the Newsweek and LA Times "bias meters" are designed to distract plebs from the fact the real bias in our failing media is unchecked right wing billionaire power
LA Times Billionaire Owner Hilariously Thinks He Can Solve Media Bias With ‘AI’
Academics have spent generations warning about what happens when you let journalism and media consolidate in the hands of rich people and corporations. As this season’s election coverage demo…
www.techdirt.com
December 15, 2024 at 3:44 PM
So much for the Fourth Estate being a pillar of democracy.
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I wrote about how the Newsweek and LA Times "bias meters" are designed to distract plebs from the fact the real bias in our failing media is unchecked right wing billionaire power
LA Times Billionaire Owner Hilariously Thinks He Can Solve Media Bias With ‘AI’
Academics have spent generations warning about what happens when you let journalism and media consolidate in the hands of rich people and corporations. As this season’s election coverage demo…
www.techdirt.com
December 15, 2024 at 3:42 PM
I wrote about how the Newsweek and LA Times "bias meters" are designed to distract plebs from the fact the real bias in our failing media is unchecked right wing billionaire power
How do I block people on here? I've read the directions and don't understand. You need code to do that? What am I missing
November 17, 2024 at 4:48 PM
How do I block people on here? I've read the directions and don't understand. You need code to do that? What am I missing
We need you in this fight for American's future. Advice today from email from @sulliview.bsky.social:
Princeton professor Eddie S. Glaude Jr. wrote about his restored resolve: “I have gotten myself together. Now I am ready to fight for a more just world. Choose your space and get to work.’
Princeton professor Eddie S. Glaude Jr. wrote about his restored resolve: “I have gotten myself together. Now I am ready to fight for a more just world. Choose your space and get to work.’
November 17, 2024 at 4:38 PM
We need you in this fight for American's future. Advice today from email from @sulliview.bsky.social:
Princeton professor Eddie S. Glaude Jr. wrote about his restored resolve: “I have gotten myself together. Now I am ready to fight for a more just world. Choose your space and get to work.’
Princeton professor Eddie S. Glaude Jr. wrote about his restored resolve: “I have gotten myself together. Now I am ready to fight for a more just world. Choose your space and get to work.’