Melissa Brown 🤎
@melissabobbyy.bsky.social
motivational speaker and entrepreneurial developer. My role combines technical expertise with guidance and mentorship, helping clients navigating opportunities while supporting their personal and professional growth.
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When our political leaders fund the bombs that shred the bodies of children in Gaza, they are letting us know that they are ok with funding the agency that killed Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and Keith Porter.
It’s moral decay.
It’s moral decay.
January 24, 2026 at 9:12 PM
When our political leaders fund the bombs that shred the bodies of children in Gaza, they are letting us know that they are ok with funding the agency that killed Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and Keith Porter.
It’s moral decay.
It’s moral decay.
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… Furthermore, according to two other sources with knowledge of the situation, top officials in the Trump White House reminded their federal colleagues in and outside the West Wing that Pretti should be referred to as a “terrorist” in written statements and public messaging, no matter his background
January 25, 2026 at 2:32 AM
… Furthermore, according to two other sources with knowledge of the situation, top officials in the Trump White House reminded their federal colleagues in and outside the West Wing that Pretti should be referred to as a “terrorist” in written statements and public messaging, no matter his background
Chin Up Beautiful... Let me see you WALK!
January 25, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Chin Up Beautiful... Let me see you WALK!
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The mister’s pal Oliver celebrates #Caturday the way he celebrates every other day of the week — with a nap by the front window. #CatsOfBluesky
January 24, 2026 at 11:43 PM
The mister’s pal Oliver celebrates #Caturday the way he celebrates every other day of the week — with a nap by the front window. #CatsOfBluesky
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A hat and a paperback book on chair in our garden, oil on board from 2014 I think. Still have this leaning up somewhere.
#oilpainting #penguinpaperback #garden
#oilpainting #penguinpaperback #garden
January 24, 2026 at 4:23 PM
A hat and a paperback book on chair in our garden, oil on board from 2014 I think. Still have this leaning up somewhere.
#oilpainting #penguinpaperback #garden
#oilpainting #penguinpaperback #garden
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My message to Durbin and Duckworth today was simple: if this isn't stopped now, before it escalates into warm weather and more places, nothing else is going to matter. This is the whole ball game.
January 24, 2026 at 8:20 PM
My message to Durbin and Duckworth today was simple: if this isn't stopped now, before it escalates into warm weather and more places, nothing else is going to matter. This is the whole ball game.
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There is current proposed legislation to end book banning in New Mexico.
www.linkedin.com/posts/pcswee...
www.linkedin.com/posts/pcswee...
Proposed legislation would prohibit book banning in New Mexico public libraries • Source New Mexico | Patrick "PC" Sweeney
Proposed legislation would prohibit book banning in New Mexico public libraries
https://lnkd.in/eED_Bd4v
www.linkedin.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:08 AM
There is current proposed legislation to end book banning in New Mexico.
www.linkedin.com/posts/pcswee...
www.linkedin.com/posts/pcswee...
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I think I've reached the point where I need to stop reading ARC reviews of my upcoming collection (it's a sickness, I know). But I WILL say I love how everyone's favorite stories seem to be completely different, and that means I did my job.
January 24, 2026 at 3:15 PM
I think I've reached the point where I need to stop reading ARC reviews of my upcoming collection (it's a sickness, I know). But I WILL say I love how everyone's favorite stories seem to be completely different, and that means I did my job.
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I've scanned yet another old photo album from my enormous collection.
This time a WW2 Lufwaffe album!
Lots of mystery, plenty of detective work to do, so go have a look and see if you can help us learn more about what the photos show us:
myoldphotos.substack.com/p/the-luftwa...
This time a WW2 Lufwaffe album!
Lots of mystery, plenty of detective work to do, so go have a look and see if you can help us learn more about what the photos show us:
myoldphotos.substack.com/p/the-luftwa...
The Luftwaffe in France album
I generally don’t buy military photo albums as I’m more interested in what daily life for common people was like but also because those usually are too expensive because so many collectors want them.
myoldphotos.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
I've scanned yet another old photo album from my enormous collection.
This time a WW2 Lufwaffe album!
Lots of mystery, plenty of detective work to do, so go have a look and see if you can help us learn more about what the photos show us:
myoldphotos.substack.com/p/the-luftwa...
This time a WW2 Lufwaffe album!
Lots of mystery, plenty of detective work to do, so go have a look and see if you can help us learn more about what the photos show us:
myoldphotos.substack.com/p/the-luftwa...
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It's really too bad the United States Congress no longer exists.
January 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM
It's really too bad the United States Congress no longer exists.
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There are 2 books which I would strongly suggest for people to read or re-read: The Hobbit. The Lord Of The Rings. This is from The Lord Of The Rings chapter is The Shadow of the Past.
January 25, 2026 at 3:01 AM
There are 2 books which I would strongly suggest for people to read or re-read: The Hobbit. The Lord Of The Rings. This is from The Lord Of The Rings chapter is The Shadow of the Past.
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Day 10 with these lovelies: it's cold. Rly cold. (11°)
January 24, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Day 10 with these lovelies: it's cold. Rly cold. (11°)
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Almost Dawn
Lake Ruataniwha, peaceful and calm in the dim morning light.
The silence only broken by a few early ducks.
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#Twizel, #NewZealand
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."
#Dawn #Sunrise #Peaceful #Stunday #EastCoastKin #Landscape #Photography #Art #Solitude
Lake Ruataniwha, peaceful and calm in the dim morning light.
The silence only broken by a few early ducks.
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#Twizel, #NewZealand
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."
#Dawn #Sunrise #Peaceful #Stunday #EastCoastKin #Landscape #Photography #Art #Solitude
January 25, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Almost Dawn
Lake Ruataniwha, peaceful and calm in the dim morning light.
The silence only broken by a few early ducks.
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#Twizel, #NewZealand
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."
#Dawn #Sunrise #Peaceful #Stunday #EastCoastKin #Landscape #Photography #Art #Solitude
Lake Ruataniwha, peaceful and calm in the dim morning light.
The silence only broken by a few early ducks.
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#Twizel, #NewZealand
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."
#Dawn #Sunrise #Peaceful #Stunday #EastCoastKin #Landscape #Photography #Art #Solitude
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“I would love
to write
a ‘great’ poem,
big as the Cuillins.”
Iain Crichton Smith (1969)
#photography #Cuillins #mountains #Skye #Scotland #WesternIsles #peaks #rugged #ranges #poetry #IainCrichtonSmith #poem #Highlands #islands
to write
a ‘great’ poem,
big as the Cuillins.”
Iain Crichton Smith (1969)
#photography #Cuillins #mountains #Skye #Scotland #WesternIsles #peaks #rugged #ranges #poetry #IainCrichtonSmith #poem #Highlands #islands
January 25, 2026 at 9:57 AM
“I would love
to write
a ‘great’ poem,
big as the Cuillins.”
Iain Crichton Smith (1969)
#photography #Cuillins #mountains #Skye #Scotland #WesternIsles #peaks #rugged #ranges #poetry #IainCrichtonSmith #poem #Highlands #islands
to write
a ‘great’ poem,
big as the Cuillins.”
Iain Crichton Smith (1969)
#photography #Cuillins #mountains #Skye #Scotland #WesternIsles #peaks #rugged #ranges #poetry #IainCrichtonSmith #poem #Highlands #islands
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If you've never experienced historic Bolton Hall in Tujunga, here's your chance on April 11 (Sat.) at 1 pm... I'll also be there dorking out on old LA for a book event.
Fun fact: Tujunga was the last sizable town in LA County to merge with LA in 1932.
Fun fact: Tujunga was the last sizable town in LA County to merge with LA in 1932.
January 25, 2026 at 1:20 AM
If you've never experienced historic Bolton Hall in Tujunga, here's your chance on April 11 (Sat.) at 1 pm... I'll also be there dorking out on old LA for a book event.
Fun fact: Tujunga was the last sizable town in LA County to merge with LA in 1932.
Fun fact: Tujunga was the last sizable town in LA County to merge with LA in 1932.
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As an optimist and observer I believe things will get much worse. It’s a frenzy, now, meth heads with guns and the taste for blood. No limits.
January 25, 2026 at 2:05 AM
As an optimist and observer I believe things will get much worse. It’s a frenzy, now, meth heads with guns and the taste for blood. No limits.
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All to please a wannabe king who is demented and thrives on violence.
January 25, 2026 at 3:55 AM
All to please a wannabe king who is demented and thrives on violence.
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Dark tales for dark times.
Breaking the Devil's Bread, featuring "13 stories and an oops," published by @nightmarepress.bsky.social.
Available in Kindle, epub, and trade paperback through all online booksellers and select retail bookshops.
Breaking the Devil's Bread, featuring "13 stories and an oops," published by @nightmarepress.bsky.social.
Available in Kindle, epub, and trade paperback through all online booksellers and select retail bookshops.
January 24, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Dark tales for dark times.
Breaking the Devil's Bread, featuring "13 stories and an oops," published by @nightmarepress.bsky.social.
Available in Kindle, epub, and trade paperback through all online booksellers and select retail bookshops.
Breaking the Devil's Bread, featuring "13 stories and an oops," published by @nightmarepress.bsky.social.
Available in Kindle, epub, and trade paperback through all online booksellers and select retail bookshops.
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January 25, 2026 at 1:45 AM
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Beauty of a sunrise over Long Island Sound this morning. 7 degrees. Windy. Couldn’t feel my fingers. But worth it!
Madison, CT.
Madison, CT.
January 24, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Beauty of a sunrise over Long Island Sound this morning. 7 degrees. Windy. Couldn’t feel my fingers. But worth it!
Madison, CT.
Madison, CT.
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I know not what to say after this day. Please accept some natural beauty.
We are but nothing,
We return to the great void,
Make the best of it.
#Photography #Auroraborealis #Haiku
We are but nothing,
We return to the great void,
Make the best of it.
#Photography #Auroraborealis #Haiku
January 25, 2026 at 2:59 AM
I know not what to say after this day. Please accept some natural beauty.
We are but nothing,
We return to the great void,
Make the best of it.
#Photography #Auroraborealis #Haiku
We are but nothing,
We return to the great void,
Make the best of it.
#Photography #Auroraborealis #Haiku
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Thierry Henry and Ted Lasso in attendance today at the Arsenal Women's game.
January 24, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Thierry Henry and Ted Lasso in attendance today at the Arsenal Women's game.
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Looks like a wave crashing against the shore but it's actually a cloud at just about eye level, as I was about 4000 above sea level. Santa Barbara sunsets are full of surprises!
#Sunset #Photography #SantaBarbara #LaCumbrePeak
#Sunset #Photography #SantaBarbara #LaCumbrePeak
January 24, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Looks like a wave crashing against the shore but it's actually a cloud at just about eye level, as I was about 4000 above sea level. Santa Barbara sunsets are full of surprises!
#Sunset #Photography #SantaBarbara #LaCumbrePeak
#Sunset #Photography #SantaBarbara #LaCumbrePeak
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Apple’s Upgrade Decision—Just 6 Weeks To Change Your iPhone
Apple’s Upgrade Decision—Just 6 Weeks To Change Your iPhone
This decision changes iPhone for hundreds of millions of Apple users.
www.forbes.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Apple’s Upgrade Decision—Just 6 Weeks To Change Your iPhone
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Steelers had been in the mix for Nate Scheelhaase who will interview with the Browns next week. I believe the Raiders are the only other team still with an opening that have interviewed Scheelhaase
January 24, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Steelers had been in the mix for Nate Scheelhaase who will interview with the Browns next week. I believe the Raiders are the only other team still with an opening that have interviewed Scheelhaase