Melissa
@melissa-durgin.bsky.social
Acupuncturist, science believer 🔬, parent, Coloradan 🏔️, watermelon enthusiast, LGBT🏳️🌈, she/ they, BLM, all bodies are good bodies.
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🚫No MAGATS🚫 no OF 🚫no DMs from strangers 🚫no MLM pitches
Your partner punched you in the face but then they bring you flowers
The sane-washing of Trump’s trade madness is inexcusable.
US implements tariffs, China matches.
US implements more tariffs, China matches.
US surrenders & partly reduces tariffs, China matches.
Media: “MAJOR TRADE DEAL!”
What a joke.
US implements tariffs, China matches.
US implements more tariffs, China matches.
US surrenders & partly reduces tariffs, China matches.
Media: “MAJOR TRADE DEAL!”
What a joke.
May 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Your partner punched you in the face but then they bring you flowers
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The “covid is only a threat to the vulnerable” narrative primed the pump for the eugenics movement we’re seeing now.
It conditioned people to see the disabled & vulnerable as acceptable losses. People who were probably going to “die anyways”.
It paved the way for fascism.
It conditioned people to see the disabled & vulnerable as acceptable losses. People who were probably going to “die anyways”.
It paved the way for fascism.
May 12, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The “covid is only a threat to the vulnerable” narrative primed the pump for the eugenics movement we’re seeing now.
It conditioned people to see the disabled & vulnerable as acceptable losses. People who were probably going to “die anyways”.
It paved the way for fascism.
It conditioned people to see the disabled & vulnerable as acceptable losses. People who were probably going to “die anyways”.
It paved the way for fascism.
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60% of Americans have a chronic condition. Among people over 65, it's 95%.
Saying most of our health care spending goes to chronic conditions is just another way of saying it goes to health care.
Saying most of our health care spending goes to chronic conditions is just another way of saying it goes to health care.
Dr Oz says being healthy is a patriotic duty
Worse, he says they spend 70% of Medicare & Medicaid funds on chronic illness & aren’t “getting their money’s worth”
This is the quiet part said out loud.
They don’t want to cure chronic illness, they want us to take the blame. They don’t want to pay.
Worse, he says they spend 70% of Medicare & Medicaid funds on chronic illness & aren’t “getting their money’s worth”
This is the quiet part said out loud.
They don’t want to cure chronic illness, they want us to take the blame. They don’t want to pay.
May 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
60% of Americans have a chronic condition. Among people over 65, it's 95%.
Saying most of our health care spending goes to chronic conditions is just another way of saying it goes to health care.
Saying most of our health care spending goes to chronic conditions is just another way of saying it goes to health care.
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Remember this… 👇
April 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Remember this… 👇
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People need to understand the system isn't about rewarding hard work, it isn't about competition to create the best products, it isn't about providing for everyone, those are all just lies to cover up the truth.
It is about extracting maximum profits for people who never work.
It is about extracting maximum profits for people who never work.
April 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
People need to understand the system isn't about rewarding hard work, it isn't about competition to create the best products, it isn't about providing for everyone, those are all just lies to cover up the truth.
It is about extracting maximum profits for people who never work.
It is about extracting maximum profits for people who never work.
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This is, in large part, pandemic revenge.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
Absolute BLOODBATH at HHS/NIH/CDC this morning. Generation of scientists, health care officials being wiped out
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April 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This is, in large part, pandemic revenge.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
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I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.
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March 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.
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Please boycott my country and tell US airlines that you won’t waste money on a ticket to nowhere. Make the airlines lobby the administration to end this fascist madness. They will scream loudly when their lucrative international revenue dries up.
Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated
March 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Please boycott my country and tell US airlines that you won’t waste money on a ticket to nowhere. Make the airlines lobby the administration to end this fascist madness. They will scream loudly when their lucrative international revenue dries up.
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it doesn't seem to even matter how often the institutional left acknowledges "men's problems" because way too many men have already tuned them out and are instead listening to multi-millionaire right wing podcasters who constantly lie to them about how the left doesn't acknowledge their problems
I’m sorry people are rude to you online but if we’re talking about a political problem you need to tell me who *specifically* denies that men are struggling. The entire institutional left, from think tanks to mainstream publications to elected Democrats, acknowledge this constantly.
Listen, when I talk about men’s problems (as a population) on here, I ALWAYS get harsh responses calling me an ignorant bigot.
But for things like addiction, low college enrollment, biases in child custody battles, social isolation, and many more, the data is real & clear, men are falling behind.
But for things like addiction, low college enrollment, biases in child custody battles, social isolation, and many more, the data is real & clear, men are falling behind.
March 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
it doesn't seem to even matter how often the institutional left acknowledges "men's problems" because way too many men have already tuned them out and are instead listening to multi-millionaire right wing podcasters who constantly lie to them about how the left doesn't acknowledge their problems
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No. Christians feel persecuted because there is a vast media apparatus telling them that they are persecuted. There is no evidence whatsoever of large-scale discrimination against Christians in this country.
Interesting story that gets to the heart of why many Christians feel persecuted in the U.S.: The secular elite find many of their views abhorrent and uncouth
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
March 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
No. Christians feel persecuted because there is a vast media apparatus telling them that they are persecuted. There is no evidence whatsoever of large-scale discrimination against Christians in this country.
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republicans: fyi we are bombing france for being too gay and lead poisoning is now mandatory
democrats: yeah? well prepare yourselves for several strongly worded haikus
democrats: yeah? well prepare yourselves for several strongly worded haikus
March 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
republicans: fyi we are bombing france for being too gay and lead poisoning is now mandatory
democrats: yeah? well prepare yourselves for several strongly worded haikus
democrats: yeah? well prepare yourselves for several strongly worded haikus
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been thinking a lot about the media reaction to Biden's first debate performance compared to its response to fascism
March 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
been thinking a lot about the media reaction to Biden's first debate performance compared to its response to fascism
I loved it so much though
Whoever says childhood anxiety wasn’t an issue when we were kids never played this.
February 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I loved it so much though
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What's the difference between firing someone "for DEI" and firing them because they are Black?
February 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
What's the difference between firing someone "for DEI" and firing them because they are Black?
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This well-referenced page includes personal stories from those terminated, with links to share your story. Congressman Ro Khanna and the House Science Committee are surveying the impact of these cuts.
February 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
This well-referenced page includes personal stories from those terminated, with links to share your story. Congressman Ro Khanna and the House Science Committee are surveying the impact of these cuts.
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also shit like this is a reminder why flight attendant's unions have the power to collapse this country. they are critical first responders. nothing moves without them and when shit goes wrong they save so many lives.
After that plane literally flipped upside down after smashing into the runway and 100% of people survived, I hope every person who ever said “what’s even the point of seatbelts on a plane” feels like a real doof.
February 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
also shit like this is a reminder why flight attendant's unions have the power to collapse this country. they are critical first responders. nothing moves without them and when shit goes wrong they save so many lives.
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Heres how it goes:
Brazil Charges Bolsonaro With Attempting a Coup After He Lost the 2022 Election
Brazil’s attorney general has charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with. He now faces potential arrest. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...
Brazil Charges Bolsonaro With Attempting a Coup After He Lost the 2022 Election
Brazil’s attorney general has charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with. He now faces potential arrest. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...
Brazil Charges Bolsonaro With Attempting a Coup
Brazil’s attorney general charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with trying to overturn the vote. He now faces potential arrest.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Heres how it goes:
Brazil Charges Bolsonaro With Attempting a Coup After He Lost the 2022 Election
Brazil’s attorney general has charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with. He now faces potential arrest. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...
Brazil Charges Bolsonaro With Attempting a Coup After He Lost the 2022 Election
Brazil’s attorney general has charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with. He now faces potential arrest. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...
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"Unexpectedly" is actually not an accurate descriptor of polices historically know to .... raise inflation
February 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"Unexpectedly" is actually not an accurate descriptor of polices historically know to .... raise inflation
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It's called The Gulf of Mexico. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
February 12, 2025 at 4:30 AM
It's called The Gulf of Mexico. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
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A coalition of news organizations said in a court filing that video exhibits from a Jan. 6 riot case had "disappeared" from a government platform that provided access to evidence used in court.
Jan. 6 video evidence has 'disappeared' from public access, media coalition says
A coalition of news organizations said in a court filing that video exhibits from a Jan. 6 riot case had "disappeared" from a government platform that provided access to evidence used in court.
www.npr.org
February 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
A coalition of news organizations said in a court filing that video exhibits from a Jan. 6 riot case had "disappeared" from a government platform that provided access to evidence used in court.
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Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
February 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
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Kendrick's Superbowl halftime show was like the Large Hadron Collider for being a hater. we have discovered entirely new forms of hate thanks to his trailblazing work.
February 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Kendrick's Superbowl halftime show was like the Large Hadron Collider for being a hater. we have discovered entirely new forms of hate thanks to his trailblazing work.
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Today, we at Google have a new product: what if you could could ask an app a question? Oh, we do that already? Well, what if we were a little bit worse at it? What if we also sometimes gave you egregiously wrong information? And what if it cost a billion dollars? Still not interested? It's mandatory
February 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Today, we at Google have a new product: what if you could could ask an app a question? Oh, we do that already? Well, what if we were a little bit worse at it? What if we also sometimes gave you egregiously wrong information? And what if it cost a billion dollars? Still not interested? It's mandatory
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I stand with the trans community. Pass it along.
February 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I stand with the trans community. Pass it along.