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Melissa Jones Pelczynski
@mejomelissa.bsky.social
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Mom of awesome 👨🏼‍💻🙋🏼👩🏼‍🏫 Wife of wonderful Army vet. Democrat. Davidson College & UVA Law alumna. Public school tutor. Moms Demand advocate. Armchair musher with #UglyDogs.
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A Spider-Man themed pinball machine
November 12, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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She (Tabby, left) is demure & mindful, brilliant at opening almost closed drawers & doors, & a ferocious hunter of mice & toes under blankets. He (Tuxedo, right) is SO handsome and, though not an “idiot” per se, is a sweet widdle putty tat who craves constant affection.
A grey tabby with orange highlights (left) and a tuxedo cat (right) recline bottom to bottom on a wooden floor in front of a heat vent and low cabinet drawer.
November 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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So stupid and cruel. The Trump regime gives its ICE thugs guns & ways to beat & kill brown people. But they neglect the proverb that an Army runs on its stomach, and the modern version — military families need commissaries, and sometimes even food stamps, to feed their kids.
Pictures of a military commissary store front. Caption: “Hampton Roads. Trump administration looking to sell nearly 200 commissary stores. @wavynews10”
October 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Screaming, crying, rending my garments. (Nonetheless, thanks for sharing, @eringloriaryan.bsky.social )
Screen shot of Erin Ryan’s Insta post explaining how NetChoice, a tech industry association (including Amazon, Google, & Meta) wants to promote AI use in schools and commends Louisiana schools’ use of AI. Also includes an image of a NetChoice tweet with the INCORRECTLY SPELLED word “CLASRROOMS”
October 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Not puppers but kittehs. Tongue out to wash up brother.
A shot-from-above pic of a tuxedo cat and a grey tabby with orange highlights cuddling on an ottoman. The tabby is washing the tuxedo’s face with her tongue, as sibling kitties do.
October 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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The additional context of further Wiki editing is 💯
Excerpt from Tyler Cowen’s Wikipedia entry: “This was not the first time Cowen publicly posted about how important he thinks virginity is. Previously, Cowen had also written a blog post entitled “Where to find virgins: go to urban churches”
October 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Sending love from the humans and felines in our household. Tricky and Ellie dedicate the mouse they caught yesterday to Duncan.
Tuxedo cat sleeps on cat window seat with his front right leg (arm?) thrown across tabby cat with calico coloring. Tabby cat lies on her back with her eyes open as if to say “Really, bro?” to her brother, the tuxedo cat. A knit gnome doll is tucked behind the window seat, a worn deck and greenery are seen outside the window.
September 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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A feline barista isn’t necessarily silly, but Tricky cannot make coffee nor does he have any interest in doing so. He does, however, look dashing in his natural tuxedo.
A tuxedo cat, looking slightly alarmed, sits to the left of a Keurig coffeemaker and a drip coffeemaker
September 16, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Tricky & Ellie double catting my daughter in the middle of the night.
Tuxedo cat and grey, orange, black tabby cat stretch out together on white comforter. Their eyes shine aqua green and reflect the camera flash
September 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Here at Rocky Run precinct, we support @jameswalkinshaw.bsky.social , Democrat for Congress! (VA-11 Congressional special election) 🗳️ 🇺🇸
Melissa standing with American flag at Rocky Run precinct holding sample ballot for Democrat @JamesWalkinshaw
September 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Tricky sitting in his “yo, dude!” pose. And then falling asleep. He’s a sweetie and sends good vibes.
Tuxedo cat sits on grey blanket on top of ottoman in front of window; green shrubs outside. He’s facing the camera and sitting like a human bro: hind legs spread, front paws resting between hind legs, tail curling up from under his left hind leg. He has a white nose stripe, white whiskers and tiny white mustache, white neck fur that looks like a bandana, white lower abs, white front paws and white hind leg ankle sock markings. Same tuxedo cat, now with head slumped to his chest and sound asleep
September 6, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Tricky says “hello” and “watch me leap in my sleep.”
A tuxedo cat with 2 large white belly splotches, white paws and bits of white on his chin and neck sleeps on a comforter. He’s facing left and his body is extended as if he’s leaping over an obstacle.
September 2, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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Ellie loves her kitty
Close up of a tabby cat with orange highlights and yellow green eyes holding a tabby cat beanie baby on her front paws. Her head is turned to the right to look at the camera. She’s sitting on a cat window seat with gray decking and green foliage blurred in background. Shot in portrait mode on iPhone
August 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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What is it with tuxedo cats sleeping on their BACKS?
Tuxedo cat lying on his back in a cat window seat.
August 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Tuxedos 🎩 Meet my cat. Tricky my cat.
Tuxedo cat with white neckerchief marking, white nose stripe, tiny white mustache, white whiskers, and gold eyes stares directly at camera
July 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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For tiny black ants, if you can find their entrance (or a heavily traveled spot), a small dollop of borax gel works wonders. They swarm, eat, leave, hopefully take back to colony, and die.
A tube of Maggie’s Farm Ant Killer borax gel
July 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Summer snoozles! (My kiddos are busy working , hubs is at Boy Scout camp for the week, cats & I are holding down the fort.)
A tuxedo cat and a tabby cat cuddle on a window seat designed for one cat. Old deck, hostas, and azaleas outside the window.
July 7, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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In Caturday, Tricky loafs.
A tuxedo cat with a white stripe up his nose bridge, a tiny white mustache, and a white bandanna marking, sits on a salmon and blue Persian rug in a perfect loaf position
June 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Tricky and Ellie send their most comforting cuddles. Worked well for them during a thunderstorm yesterday.
A tuxedo cat and tabby cat lie on an ottoman with their paws & heads nestled together
June 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Thanks for sharing the memories of your mom. Tricky is a tuxedo, but he’s serving Void cattitude
A tuxedo cat with white bandana marking and nose stripe and tiny mustache and whiskers sits in a cat bed with the sun streaming in on him. His golden eyes look suspiciously at the camera
June 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Dismal truth; excellent data viz
National science foundation data on cuts to federal government science funding from ten year average of $2 billion/year to this year’s proposed total of $989 million. Data is shown in a circle divided into pentagram & quadrilateral areas that shrink proportionally to scientific area: education, computer science, geoscience, etc.
May 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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We are not birbs but we are interested in birbs — Ellie & Tricky #Caturday
Tabby cat and tuxedo cat, both with white neckerchief markings, sit at the top of a carpeted stairway behind a French door
May 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Our Ellie is a mackerel!
A grey, black, brown, tabby cat (with orange highlights) is lounging on a grey blanket next to a tuxedo cat, who is curled next to her.
April 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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On #Caturday, we chillax.
A tuxedo cat (with a small white stripe down his nose, tiny white mustache, white spots on the ends of his front paws and white hind legs, and large white splotches on his chest & belly) sprawls on his back on a grey blanket next to a window. Green ground cover is outside the window.
April 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Ellie & Tricky wish you a cozy #Caturday
A tabby cat with orange highlights (left) and a tuxedo cat with a white stripe on his nose (right) curl together on a black watch plaid blanket. They both look over their shoulders with sleepy eyes
April 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM