Meliekins
@meliekins.bsky.social
Nam myoho renge kyo
Cat and chicken wrangler, fiber arts crafter, gardener, gamer, reader and Buddhist and Democratic Socialist doing her best all-around to be a good friend and neighbor to advocate for peace, compassion and the dignity of all people.
Cat and chicken wrangler, fiber arts crafter, gardener, gamer, reader and Buddhist and Democratic Socialist doing her best all-around to be a good friend and neighbor to advocate for peace, compassion and the dignity of all people.
‘How is this possible?’: a new film looks inside the appalling abuses of the Alabama prison system | Documentary films | The Guardian share.google/sxdzBmo6cdB0...
‘How is this possible?’: a new film looks inside the appalling abuses of the Alabama prison system
In the year’s most shocking documentary The Alabama Solution, prisoners share astonishing footage in a plea for help
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October 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
‘How is this possible?’: a new film looks inside the appalling abuses of the Alabama prison system | Documentary films | The Guardian share.google/sxdzBmo6cdB0...
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“The law will never make men free; it is men who have got to make the law free.”
— Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
— Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
September 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
“The law will never make men free; it is men who have got to make the law free.”
— Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
— Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
Interesting that there is nothing on DJT's schedule past a press conference today at 2pm EST.
September 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Interesting that there is nothing on DJT's schedule past a press conference today at 2pm EST.
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Don’t look away
August 29, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Don’t look away
Foster babies have the sleepie eepies
August 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Foster babies have the sleepie eepies
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Relatives of an unarmed man who died as he was being detained by police last year say they recently viewed body-camera footage of the incident that showed Alabama officers kneeling on the man’s neck while he repeated “I can’t breathe.”
Family says video shows Alabama man died after officer knelt on his neck
The medical examiner ruled Phillip Reeder’s death a homicide but determined heart issues and drugs were contributing factors.
wapo.st
July 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Relatives of an unarmed man who died as he was being detained by police last year say they recently viewed body-camera footage of the incident that showed Alabama officers kneeling on the man’s neck while he repeated “I can’t breathe.”
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Via @rchapoco.bsky.social: A federal judge Wednesday reprimanded three attorneys working for the Alabama Department of Corrections and removed them from a civil rights lawsuit involving the agency after one used artificial intelligence to do research for a filing that led to fabricated citations.
Federal judge removes attorneys from Alabama DOC lawsuit after AI fabricated citations | Alabama Reflector
The judge also publicly reprimanded the attorneys in the case and referred the matter to the Alabama State Bar Association.
alabamareflector.com
July 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Via @rchapoco.bsky.social: A federal judge Wednesday reprimanded three attorneys working for the Alabama Department of Corrections and removed them from a civil rights lawsuit involving the agency after one used artificial intelligence to do research for a filing that led to fabricated citations.
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Listen closely as Carl Sagan explains how regular people can create change!
July 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Listen closely as Carl Sagan explains how regular people can create change!
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There’s money for ICE
There’s money for concentration camps
There’s money for tax cuts for the wealthy
Yet there’s no money for healthcare, housing, food assistance, social support, or public broadcasting.
There’s no money to help the sick, homeless & starving
Suffering is a political choice
There’s money for concentration camps
There’s money for tax cuts for the wealthy
Yet there’s no money for healthcare, housing, food assistance, social support, or public broadcasting.
There’s no money to help the sick, homeless & starving
Suffering is a political choice
July 17, 2025 at 8:39 AM
There’s money for ICE
There’s money for concentration camps
There’s money for tax cuts for the wealthy
Yet there’s no money for healthcare, housing, food assistance, social support, or public broadcasting.
There’s no money to help the sick, homeless & starving
Suffering is a political choice
There’s money for concentration camps
There’s money for tax cuts for the wealthy
Yet there’s no money for healthcare, housing, food assistance, social support, or public broadcasting.
There’s no money to help the sick, homeless & starving
Suffering is a political choice
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NEW: Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
The FBI's Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Had Nearly 3 Minutes Cut Out
Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
www.wired.com
July 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
NEW: Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
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HOLY CRAP!! A QAnon account with 55k followers on TS posted this video. Dems can’t take their foot off the gas with this. This will tear his base apart.
July 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
HOLY CRAP!! A QAnon account with 55k followers on TS posted this video. Dems can’t take their foot off the gas with this. This will tear his base apart.
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"Metadata embedded in the Epstein video and analyzed by WIRED and independent video forensics experts shows that rather than being a direct export from the prison’s surveillance system, the footage was modified, likely using the professional editing tool Adobe Premiere Pro."
Metadata Shows the FBI’s ‘Raw’ Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Was Likely Modified
There is no evidence the footage was deceptively manipulated, but ambiguities around how the video was processed may further fuel conspiracy theories about Epstein's death.
www.wired.com
July 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
"Metadata embedded in the Epstein video and analyzed by WIRED and independent video forensics experts shows that rather than being a direct export from the prison’s surveillance system, the footage was modified, likely using the professional editing tool Adobe Premiere Pro."
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These states are not capable of taking care of their citizens without being subsidized by the federal government. I live in one and the infrastructure is fairly bad
Tony
Tony
July 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
These states are not capable of taking care of their citizens without being subsidized by the federal government. I live in one and the infrastructure is fairly bad
Tony
Tony
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NEW: Federal agents rolled into MacArthur Park in LA in an unmarked armored vehicle.
My source tells me Mayor Bass showed up with LAPD—and the so-called “agents” got the hell out.
Shady AF!
(Just west of DTLA)
My source tells me Mayor Bass showed up with LAPD—and the so-called “agents” got the hell out.
Shady AF!
(Just west of DTLA)
July 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
NEW: Federal agents rolled into MacArthur Park in LA in an unmarked armored vehicle.
My source tells me Mayor Bass showed up with LAPD—and the so-called “agents” got the hell out.
Shady AF!
(Just west of DTLA)
My source tells me Mayor Bass showed up with LAPD—and the so-called “agents” got the hell out.
Shady AF!
(Just west of DTLA)
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Mexicans are protesting Americans moving into their neighborhoods.
Americans are flocking to Mexico, driving up housing prices and pushing locals out of their own cities. Sounds familiar, doesn’t it?
Americans are flocking to Mexico, driving up housing prices and pushing locals out of their own cities. Sounds familiar, doesn’t it?
July 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Mexicans are protesting Americans moving into their neighborhoods.
Americans are flocking to Mexico, driving up housing prices and pushing locals out of their own cities. Sounds familiar, doesn’t it?
Americans are flocking to Mexico, driving up housing prices and pushing locals out of their own cities. Sounds familiar, doesn’t it?
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“A farmworker labor strike is coming”
July 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
“A farmworker labor strike is coming”
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July 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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No “President” has a right to strip citizenship and deport people who challenge his policies. That’s fascism, not America.
July 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
No “President” has a right to strip citizenship and deport people who challenge his policies. That’s fascism, not America.
Let's see those receipts! ☕️
Stop threatening and just do it—Iranian-linked hackers claim to have 100 gigabytes of emails tied to the White House.
July 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Let's see those receipts! ☕️
I wonder how many people who support the Big Beastly Bill do not realize that they have the benefit of Medicaid because it has been rebranded under a different name in their state. Most states call it something other than "Medicaid". 🫤
July 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I wonder how many people who support the Big Beastly Bill do not realize that they have the benefit of Medicaid because it has been rebranded under a different name in their state. Most states call it something other than "Medicaid". 🫤
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There’s something deeply wrong with a society that watches people get snatched by masked men in unmarked cars & looks the other way.
Rep @kamlager-dove.house.gov, describes an alarming system of relocating detainees, making it nearly impossible for their families to find them or get legal counsel.
Rep @kamlager-dove.house.gov, describes an alarming system of relocating detainees, making it nearly impossible for their families to find them or get legal counsel.
June 30, 2025 at 12:08 PM
There’s something deeply wrong with a society that watches people get snatched by masked men in unmarked cars & looks the other way.
Rep @kamlager-dove.house.gov, describes an alarming system of relocating detainees, making it nearly impossible for their families to find them or get legal counsel.
Rep @kamlager-dove.house.gov, describes an alarming system of relocating detainees, making it nearly impossible for their families to find them or get legal counsel.
you dont say!
June 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
you dont say!